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Excerpt from A Catalogue of Russian Icons Received From the American Russian Institute for Exhibition: Worcester, March 9-April 5, 1931 The Russian icons of the twelfth to the nineteenth century, described in this catalogue, are received from the American Russian Institute. The exhibition has previously been shown in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, and in several other European cities. It is now being circulated in this country, coming to the Worcester Art Museum from the Metropolitan Museum, New York. It presents an excep tional opportunity for the study and enjoyment of an art comparatively little known. Acknowledgement is due to the Victoria and Albert Museum and the Metropolitan Museum of Art for their kind permission to reproduce the material used in their catalogues. Thus the introductory note is here reprinted from the Victoria and Albert Museum catalogue, and the descriptions of the individual icons reprinted from the Metropolitan iviuseum catalogue. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.