Saints martyrs Kirill and Yulita - icon

tempera, board; chalk and gypsum underlay, silvering glazed in gold; two brackets plunged into icon stiles; 26.7 x 22.3 x 2.2 cm;
Russia, 19th century.
Kirik and Julita (died c. 305 in Tarsus) - Christian martyrs, Catholic and Orthodox Saints. Kirik (also Quirik, Cyr, Cyriak) was the son of Julita. Julita with her three-year-old son Cyriac and two servants fled from persecution from Iconium to Tarsus. However, there they were identified as Christians. Because of their professed faith, they suffered martyrdom.
In the center are depicted Saint Julita and her son Saint Kirill. Below, in the corners, two quatrefoils depicting scenes from their lives. Above the Saints, the Mandylion, (cs. and Russian: Spas Nonrukotwornyj) - Image of the Savior - not created by human hand (Russian: nonrukotwornyj) acheiropoietos in the cross nimbus (an iconographic attribute vested only in the Savior, recalling His death on the cross. On the nimbus are inscribed the Greek letters meaning "I am Who I am." - the name of God, also belonging to the divine nature of Christ, on the sides the abbreviation of the name IC XC). The image of the Face of Christ on the background of a draped white Veil.
Silver-plated background with decorative engraving, multicolored bordure decorated with geometric braid motif, in it on the left a glue with the image of Saint John. The border framed by a dark and red band. [Explanatory inscriptions in Cyrillic].