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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Bronwen, post: 579802, member: 5833&quot;]I saw that one.&nbsp; Glad you chased down the meaning of the book.&nbsp; It&#039;s a good maxim, but not scripture.&nbsp; It was Peter the Great who did away with having a Patriarch as head of the church, substituting a lay appointee.&nbsp; According to the write up at the link, Mitrofan is one of a number of state-approved saints not recognized by traditionalists.&nbsp; Probably doesn&#039;t rule him out as the subject of an ivory carving.&nbsp; I&#039;d like to know where they were made.&nbsp; Dieppe was the big French center of the art, &amp; specialized in religious subjects.&nbsp; Would they have taken on Orthodox notables, I wonder?</p><p><br /></p><p>Could be Russian.&nbsp; [USER=5006]@kyratango[/USER]&nbsp; Do the edges at the bottom &amp; top show Shreger lines?&nbsp; Russia uses mammoth ivory sometimes.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Right now guessing first third of 20th century, but would like to know whether they are the lighter color of the original set of pix or the yellower color of the detail photo supplied later.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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