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Virgin of Vladimir
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The Virgin of Vladimir, also known as Vladimir Mother of God, Our Lady of Vladimir, is a 12th-century Byzantine icon depicting the Virgin and Child and an early example of the Eleusa iconographic type
Virgin of Vladimir
Virgin of Vladimir
Our Lady of Vladimir, egg tempera on wood panel, 104 by 69 centimetres (41 in × 27 in), painted about 1131 in Constantinople
Our Lady of Vladimir, egg tempera on wood panel, 104 by 69 centimetres (41 in × 27 in), painted about 1131 in Constantinople
The surviving portion of the Bogolyubovo Castle [fr]
The surviving portion of the Bogolyubovo Castle [fr]
Prince Andrew removing the icon from a convent in Vyshhorod. A miniature from the Illustrated Chronicle of Ivan the Terrible
Prince Andrew removing the icon from a convent in Vyshhorod. A miniature from the Illustrated Chronicle of Ivan the Terrible
Timur
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Timur, also known as Tamerlane, was a Turco-Mongol conqueror, first ruler of the Timurid dynasty, and the founder of the Timurid Empire, which ruled over modern-day Afghanistan, Iran, and Central Asia
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…Cathedral in Vladimir. It is traditionally said that the icon did not leave Vladimir until 1395, when it was brought to Moscow to protect the city from an invasion by Timur, although the historical accuracy of this claim is uncertain. By at least the sixteenth century, it was in the Dormition Cathedral in Moscow where it…
Facial reconstruction from Timur's skull, by Mikhail Mikhaylovich Gerasimov
Facial reconstruction from Timur's skull, by Mikhail Mikhaylovich Gerasimov
Original location of Timur's Mongol Barlas tribe
Original location of Timur's Mongol Barlas tribe
Earliest known portrait of Timur, commissioned right after his death in 1405–1409, by his grandson Khalil Sultan for an illustrated Timurid genealogy
Earliest known portrait of Timur, commissioned right after his death in 1405–1409, by his grandson Khalil Sultan for an illustrated Timurid genealogy (TSMK, H2152).
Timur on horse in a battle with Tokhtamysh, Khan of the Golden Horde. 1420–1440 manuscript (partially colored), possibly Herat. Topkapi H.2153
Timur on horse in a battle with Tokhtamysh, Khan of the Golden Horde. 1420–1440 manuscript (partially colored), possibly Herat. Topkapi H.2153