Nebesni zakrilni͡si na doma
Subtitle: kolekt͡sii͡a Rumen Manov = Heavenly patrons of Bulgarian homes : collection of Rumen Manov
By: autor: Rumen Manov ; autor tekst: Mariela Stoykova
Contributors: Stoykova, Mariela; Khram-pametnik Aleksandŭr Nevski (Sofia, Bulgaria)
Publisher: Rumen Manov
Published: 2017
Place of publication: Sofii͡a
Language: bul
Number of pages: 232
ISBN-13: 9786199085004
Subjects: Exhibitions; Art collections; Icons; Bulgarian Icons; Christianity and art; Orthodox Eastern Church; Christian art and symbolism; Social life and customs; Religious life and customs; Church history; Art; Private collections; Manners and customs
Other titles: Klekt͡sii͡a Rumen Manov; Heavenly patrons of Bulgarian homes :; Collection of Rumen Manov
Notes: "For the first time the Museum of Christian Art, "The Crypt" [The Museum of Christian Art, housed in the crypt of the St Alexander Nevsky Cathedral, was established in 1965 as a branch of the National Art Gallery, Sofia, Bulgaria], presents an exhibition [May 23-September 25, 2017] with all the exhibits being from a private collection, and the organization of the exhibition and execution of the catalog are fully financed by its owner, Mt. Rumen Manov."--Page 9.

"The main purpose of this exhibition is to emphasise the spiritual world of the Christian family and the place of the icon in front of which, through everyday prayer, shared joy and pain, the protection sought and the devoted expression of gratitude to God, the Mother of God and the patron saints, parents and children together turn their 'home' into a 'home church'."--http://nationalgallery.bg/exhibitions/heavenly-patrons-of-the-home-collection-of-rumen-manov/ (viewed May 16, 2018).

"Those works on display in the collection that date from the first half of the 17th to the second half of the 19th centuries, have different origins--Boboshevo region, Sofia and its region, the regions of Melnik, Tarnovo and Tryavna, Samokov and the region, the Plovdiv area, the Southern Black Sea, the Eastern Rhodopes and Strandzha Mountain. The colourful picture is complemented by the works brought by the holy pilgrims from Mount Athos, Corfu Island, the Peloponnese, and by those related to migrants from Northern Greece, Macedonia, and Romania. The result of this diversity offers the opportunity to experience the oeuvre of artists of different epochs and ethnos. Most of the icons have not been signed, but may be associated with the names of well-known icon painters and art centres."--http://nationalgallery.bg/exhibitions/heavenly-patrons-of-the-home-collection-of-rumen-manov/ (viewed May 16, 2018).

"Dating of the works is of wide range - from 1640. [sic] until the second half of XIX century. The largest share belongs to icons, created for individual prayer - housebold incostasis, Triptis, diptychs and pectoral icons. The second group covers [a]rtefacts created for temples and the needs of the mendicant friars, but due to various circumstances, including cease of religious utilisation, changed their purpose and some of them in the XIX and early XX century were adapted to the place of the home altar."--Page 9.

"The embroidery and sashes, used in the book have been collected in the 1930s, 1940s and 1950s by Mrs. Rositsa Chuckanova, a teacher. She was born in 1883 in the village of Banya, Razlog region. She passed away in 1969 in Sofia."--Page 229.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 226-229).

Bulgarian (Cyrillic) and English.