CW
#0
On an icon one will sometimes see a main icon picture (let\'s say, of the saint) and then little pictures around the edge, each of which depicts an incident in the saint\'s life. Like this one, if I can convince the forum software to show it: [URL=http://img245.imageshack.us/my.php?image=0048hw5.jpg][/URL]
Anyhow, is there any special name for the little pictures?
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FC
#1
I\'ve heard them referred to as \"life icons\". Not sure if that\'s technical or not. Sorry if that doesn\'t help.
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Ji
#2
No, Fr Cyprian, you are quite correct. Such icons are known as \"life icons\", or, \"vita icons\", after the Latin term for \"life\". (BTW, are you a tonsured monk, or a novice?)
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FC
#3
Sorry, I hadn\'t come back to this thread for a while, and I didn\'t realize a question had been posed to me.
I am a Rhiasaphormonk. In between the two you\'ve mentioned. :)
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