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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;nastina.nastea, post: 10248559, member: 81895&quot;]In complex: the name of the master is Russian, or Ukrainian, or Belorussian (any other Russian speaking part of the Empire with a major part of Slavonic population for that period), the way it is written - with a letter &quot;ъ&quot; in the end of his surname is typical for the Russian writing grammar rules of that period. It might be that the icon was made in a different part of the world, but in my subjective opinion, it was made by someone from Russian Empire (if the date on the back is accurate). </p><p>Stylistically, the way it is painted, it reminds me of Mstera Icon-painting school (Мстёра иконопись/ Мстёрская иконопись) - it is one of the oldest and most famous region where icon painters were trained. </p><p>You don&#039;t necessarily need to know and read church slavonic, but all inscriptions on the Russian Orthodox icons will be made using it, even today. Modern written church language was adopted and isn&#039;t that complicated nowadays, but verbally it remains very similar to the old one.</p><p>Russian is my native language, so I&#039;m cheating<img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/wink.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=";)" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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