Panagia Ierosolymitissa Icon: An Instance in the Mutuality of Traditions in the Holy Land of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries
Panagia Ierosolymitissa Icon: An Instance in the Mutuality of Traditions in the Holy Land of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries

Summary/Abstract: In the following article I offer an analysis of the famous Panagia Ierosolymitissa icon, preserved and venerated in the Shrine of the Tomb of the Virgin in Gethsemane. Two independent Jerusalem traditions pertaining to the icon’s appearance include details that allow a plausible reconstruction of its history. I seek to demonstrate the degree to which the image imports Russian visual models and prototypes from previous centuries, and at the same time the extent to which it reflects the local Jerusalem tradition of Theotokos icon painting.

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