Footnotes

The subjects include:

Recto Top Row
1. Prophet Jeremiah, St Pafnuti of Borovsk
2. St Afanasii of Alexandria, Sts Boris and Gleb
3. St Timofei the Martyr, St Maura the Martyr
4. St Feodosii of Pechersk, St Pelagiia the Martyr
5. St Irina

Second Row
6. St Iov the Righteous, St Varvarii (shown as mature man, Strogonov as youth)
7. The Appearance of the Sign of the Precious Cross over the City of
Jerusalem (not in Strogonov), St Antonii of Pechersk
8. St Ioann the Theologian, St Arsenii the Great
9. Prophet Isaiah, St Kristofor the Martyr and St Nicholas the Wonderworker
(the latter two transposed in Strogonov)

Third Row
10. St Simon the Apostle
11. St Mokii the Hieromartyr
12. St Epifanii, St German Patriarch of Constantinople
13. St Glikeriia the Martyr
14. St Isidor the Martyr, St Isidor the Fool in Christ
15. St Pakhomii the Great, St Isaiah of Rostov, St Dmitri Tsarevich of Uglich and
Moscow (not in Stroganov), St Evfrosini of Pskov


Verso Top Row (captions lost and figures identified tentatively from Stroganov)
16. St Feodor the Sanctified
17. St Andronika the Apostle
18. St Dionysius, St Feodor of Antioch(transposed in Stroganov)
19. St Peter of Lampsachi, St Patrikei the Hieromartyr (transposed in Stroganov)
20. St Falilei the Martyr, The Uncovering of the Relics of Metropolitan Aleksei
of Moscow

Second Row
21. Sts Constantine and Elena with the True Cross, St Constantine with his sons
Mikha and Feodor of Murom (not in Stroganov)
22. St Vasilikii the Martyr
23. St Mikhail the Confessor, The Finding of the Relics of St Leontii of Rostov
(transposed in Stroganov)
24. St Simeon the Stylite, St Nikita of Pereiaslavl-Zaleskii

Third Row
25. Third Finding of the Head of St John the Baptist
26. St Karp the Apostle
27. St Ferapontii the Hieromonakh
28. St Nikita Bishop of Chalcedon, St. Ignatii of Rostov
29. St Feodosiia
30. St Ioann of Ustiug, St Isaac of Dalmatia
31. St Germanii the Martyr


A fine example of miniature icon painting with vivid colours heightened by gold showing minute details. Although the saints do not follow strictly those detailed in The Strogonov Figurative Iconographic Patternbook (Podlinnik), first published in 1869 after the original manuscript drawn sometime before 1606 (reprinted Oakwood Publications, Torrance Ca., 1992) many details are accurate in the depiction of each saint and the colours recorded for their vestments. Variations on this Tabletka and mentioned above (but other saints in the printed text are not mentioned); these differences may be the requirements of the customer commissioning the icon. Here are some very rare representations such as that of St Constantine with his sons Mikha (Michael) and Feodor of Murom, which may be an indication of the location of the order. For two similar tabletki for March and August, see The George Hahn Collection, Part One Russian Icons ..., sold at Christie's New York, 17-18 April 1980, lots 35 & 36, catalogued as Central Russia, 17 Century, measuring 34.5 x 30.5cm., with a note that the original invoice from said Strogonov School. See also V.I. Antonova, Ancient Art in the Collection of Pavel Korin, in Russian, Moscow, 1966, no. 52 for 12 tabletki described as Moscow School, end of 16 Century (ca 1597), measuring approx. 24.5 x 21.5cm. However plates 67-69 are not clear enough to make a definite comparison.