Text and Image Reception on the Example of the Old Believer Synodicon of the XVIII century: on the Question of the Semantics of Thanatological Representations
Submitted by Гость (not verified) on Fri, 01/30/2026 - 22:08The study of the semantics of images and colors found in the Old Believer miniaturist helps to better understanding and revealing the meaning of thanatological representations of this confessional group. Special role belongs to the text that accompanies the miniature and often becomes a source of interpretation of certain symbols. The purpose of the article is to reconstruct the reception of the image through the text and the semantics of illustration colors by a representative of the XVIII cent. as a bearer of semiotic and semantic codes of historical and cultural tradition.