Ubrus ( senior glory. ѹбрѹсъ - “board, scarf, towel”, from St. Glory. brasnѫti, brysati - “rub” ) - the image of the canvas in icon painting and monumental temple painting [1] [2] .
“The Savior on the Ubrus” is one of two types of Jesus Christ's iconography “The Savior Not Made by Hands ”, in which the face of the Savior is depicted against the background of the Ubrus - a light towel (the second type is “The Savior on the cranium”). Sometimes called the image itself.
In the system of temple painting, ubrus (towels) is a picturesque imitation of patterned fabric, used to decorate the lower tiers of walls [3] . Thus, the holy images are above the level of man, the white drapery of the lower tiers is designed to create a feeling of solemnity and purity [4] . In this case, the lower, most damaged, part of the painting can be updated without much difficulty. Another way to design the lower levels of the walls is marble (in Byzantium, Baroque architecture) and stone-painted walls ( marble ) [5] .
Savior Not Made by Hands on the Ubrus (St. Mandilion). Simon Ushakov . 1658 
Ubrus decorated lower tier of pillars in the Assumption Cathedral of the Moscow Kremlin 
Savior Not Made by Hands on the vault and ubrus in the lower tier of the refectory of the Ascension Cathedral of the Caves Monastery in Nizhny Novgorod 
Making the bottom part of the wall above the bench with a cleanser. The porch of the Church of Elijah the Prophet in Yaroslavl 
"Spas on Ubrus" on the shield of Prince Pozharsky
Similar Values
Ubrus is also called a towel , which covers the icon, and more broadly, any non-forged robes (for example, from pearls and beads) [6] .
Notes
- ↑ Dictionary of V.I. Dahl
- ↑ Fasmer’s Etymological Russian Dictionary
- ↑ Rybakov A. A. Frescoes of the Kazan Church in Ustyuzhna
- ↑ Monumental painting. Article on the site www.ikonnik.ru
- ↑ Smirnova E.S. (Leningrad). Review of the book: Lazarev V.N. - Frescoes of Old Ladoga. Byzantine time-book, vol. XXIV
- ↑ L. Shitova. Pearl jewelry of the icons of K. XVII - n. XX century