(Macedonia. 1421-1422)
Pelagonitissa is an icon of the Mother of God .
The time of appearance of the icon is unknown. Pelagonitissa belongs to the iconographic type " Infant Bounce " (a type of Eleusa type). It becomes known already in the 13th century (for example, a miniature of the Syrian Psalter of 1203 from the British Library ). The earliest image with the epithet "Pelagonitissa" is in the Church of St. George in Staro Nagorichino , a fresco with this image dates back to 1318 .
An icon of the type Pelagonitissa from Hilandar with the inscription " Avramiotissa " refers to the XIV century .
Lists of the image of the Mother of God Pelagonity revered in Pelagonia appear in Russia no earlier than the 17th century .
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- Wikimedia Commons has media related to the Pelagonitissa
- Lavrentieva Elena. “Leaping the Baby”: the origins of the iconography of the image