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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Bronwen, post: 579505, member: 5833&quot;]Fabulous photos!&nbsp; I&#039;m going to save at least one of them to my folder where I keep the examples of ivory I draw on every time we get into a resin/ivory debate in a thread.</p><p><br /></p><p>Just spent more time trying to figure out who they are.&nbsp; The relatively short, very well groomed beards I think indicate they are more modern than the earliest saints of the Russian church.&nbsp; The patriarch who looks (&#039;look&#039; mostly meaning similar beard &amp; mustache) most like the guy without a halo is Alexei II, who is too recent to appear on one of these plaques.</p><p><br /></p><p>Despite the lack of a halo/nimbus, he is in a pose holding the Bible, that seems to be standard for saints rather than for patriarchs, who hold the staff/crozier of their position.</p><p><br /></p><p>If I ever identify, it is more likely to be by luck than effort.&nbsp; Would have liked to be more specific when pinning them for the world to see, but they&#039;re just too excellent to withhold.</p><p><br /></p><p>Just fabulous!&nbsp; <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie59" alt=":kiss:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie59" alt=":kiss:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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