Byzantine Portable Icons in Rus' and Their Transmission (11th–15th centuries)

1. Earliest sustained icon contacts recorded (Photius)

   Jan 1, 867Labels: Photius, Constantinople

   • Wikipedia Christianization

2. Baptism of Rus’ links Kyiv to Byzantium

   Jan 1, 988Labels: Vladimir I, Kyiv

   • Britannica Rus
   • Wikipedia Christianization

3. Novgorod becomes a major icon center (Ustyug Annunciation)

   Jan 1, 1125Labels: Novgorod, Ustyug Annunciation

   • Wikipedia Ustyug

4. Byzantine icon “Virgin of Vladimir” arrives in Rus’

   Jan 1, 1131Labels: Virgin of, Constantinople

   • British Museum
   • Wikipedia Vladimir

5. Icon transferred from Vyshhorod to Vladimir

   Jan 1, 1155Labels: Andrey Bogolyubsky, Vladimir

   • British Museum
   • Wikipedia Vladimir

6. Bogolyubovo icon commissioned in a Byzantinizing style

   Jan 1, 1157Labels: Theotokos of, Andrey Bogolyubsky

   • Wikipedia Bogolyubovo

7. Fourth Crusade sack weakens Constantinople’s artistic center

   Apr 12, 1204Labels: Fourth Crusade, Constantinople

   • Britannica 1204
   • Wikipedia Sack

8. Mongol invasion reshapes where icons are made and kept

   Jan 1, 1237Labels: Mongol invasion, Novgorod

   • Britannica Mongols
   • Wikipedia Kozelsk

9. Theophanes the Greek works in Novgorod

   Jan 1, 1378Labels: Theophanes the, Novgorod

   • Wikipedia Ilyina

10. Rublev’s “Trinity” refines Rus’ icon language

    Jan 1, 1411Labels: Andrei Rublev, Trinity

    • Wikipedia Trinity
    • Wikipedia Rublev

11. Fall of Constantinople increases Moscow’s Orthodox centrality

    May 29, 1453Labels: Fall of, Moscow

    • Britannica 1453
    • Wikipedia 1453

12. Byzantine portable-icon heritage becomes a Rus’ tradition

    Jan 1, 1500Labels: Rus iconography, Byzantine models

    • British Museum
    • Wikipedia Vladimir