icon,7,5x19cm(unfolded), folded 7,5x6cm,brass (light gilding),blue enamel(in fragments)
This icon is an example of a popular icon among Old Believers. A small object created for private prayer practice
Three parts:
1.Mother of God
2.Christ Pantocrator(on the open pages of the book text written in Cyrillic)
3.St.John the Baptist shown with wings,which symbolizes God's power and his role as a prophet
