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Classified - No cypress, and the letter itself, the Athos did not like.

Icons painted on Russian Athos, quite different. They were immediately evident.
Even experienced painters do not get repeat "Athos letter."
A strange combination - the house painter from Mount Athos and the local board. A dye whose?
Logical - a local house painter, on the local board. Just to clarify the area ..

Athos, he kind of until Greek. :) "entirely different and one can see that her argument, and had seen their big set as for me and this is the so-called Athos letter I have no doubt. Another thing that is now a dark varnish, linseed oil interfere see it.

Athos is not Greek.
Mount Athos in Greece - is yes. Athos - in fact a sovereign Republic in Greece.
 Mount Athos (monasteries and others like them) - in the jurisdiction and control of the Ecumenical (Constantinople), the Patriarch.
Russian Athos - it is all understandable Russian Athos, if anything it is not clear, with pleasure explain. (I'm on Mount Athos was 7 times. A total of almost a year he lived.)
 In our case, RA - It Panteleimon monastery and St. Andrew's monastery, the former under the effective control
 Russian Church and the Russian government (until the beginning of the First World War).
SAH; If the . I'll try to explain:
 There were written and those icons, which we call "Athos. Icons were painted on cypress "mixed" technique, tempera and bleached oil, with inter-treatment.
 Canvas medium sized, thin soil, background with gold leaf, cutting clothes melted gold.
Small icons for pilgrims - are usually stamped "blessing".
Icons of the same large-temple written in order for the "Big Land"-the more
 Athos origin indicated on the front side.
This icon, certainly not Athos. It can be seen and under varnish ...
 Moreover, it is said was "comes from the Novgorod region.
As to price, then the maximum 25-30 thousand USD. IMHO.
Whether it is a real Athos icon - not sorry for it b and 100 rubles to pay