An Icon Painter's Notebook

A companion to the Iconographer's Patternbook: The Stroganov Edition. Traditional patterns of saints, feast days, and other instructional material from ancient sources to the 17th century. Includes never-before published information about appropriate quotes on saints' scrolls; characters of the physical appearance of Christ and the Virgin Mary from early sources, rules of iconography and related theology from early councils and writers. A must for all interested in icons and theology.