Icons
(sing. εἰκών, “image”). In its broadest sense an icon is any representation of a sacred personage, produced in many media and sizes, monumental as well as portable; in its narrowest sense icon most often refers to a painted wooden devotional panel “Painted Icons,” below.... ...
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