Competition and Doubling in a Liturgical Narrative about an Icon Painter

• In Event: Cultural and Artistic Transmission between Byzantium and Medieval Rus’: Architecture, Iconography, Music

Abstract

“Competition and Doubling in a Liturgical Narrative about an Icon Painter” considers the legends told about icon painters in Byzantine and Slavic sources. It focuses on the transmission of the tale of Gusar and Khinar and establishes the liturgical context in which the tale was heard.

Author

• Justin Willson, Yale U