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vr.tr.icon · thing-q132137

Let an agent explain icons and their theology and art, relay history, technique, types and veneration from art history and religious studies sources with attribution and respect, describe the objects the registry aliases name, and distinguish icons from other religious paintings, from the computing icon and from misfiled aliases.

Thing Registry Information and virtual systems INF.MED
Bundle → Layer → Finding → QuestionsClassifiersWhat it isWhy it existsDistinguishing featuresWhat robots and AI may and may not doMoral aspectsOwnersLinks to other meta-modelsIdentity and identifiersDirect propertiesRecognitionCapabilities and actionsHazards and failure modesStandards and interfacesContext of useSources

Bundle → Layer → Finding → Questions Filled

4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions

Understand What an icon is.

Definition

Definition.

Definition

Definition.

  1. What is an icon, and how does it differ from other religious paintings, computing icons and the misfiled aliases? definition
  2. Is the question about theology, art, a specific icon, veneration or a misfiled alias? boundary

Types

Types.

Types

Types.

  1. What are the Jerusalem Icon of the Mother of God, the Holy Face of Jesus and the Epitaphios? definition
  2. Which entry fits the specific type? action
Theology Theology and veneration.

Theology

Theology.

Theology

Theology.

  1. How do Eastern churches understand icons and veneration, and what did the iconoclast controversy decide, presented respectfully? provenance
  2. Which references are standard? provenance

Practice

Practice.

Practice

Practice.

  1. How are icons used in liturgy, homes and processions? provenance
  2. Which sources are cited? provenance
Art Art and technique.

Technique

Technique.

Technique

Technique.

  1. How are icons painted, and what conventions govern them? provenance
  2. Which entry fits egg tempera? action

Schools

Schools.

Schools

Schools.

  1. How do Byzantine, Russian, Greek, Coptic and Ethiopian icons differ? provenance
  2. Which entry fits the specific school? action
Context History and today.

History

History.

History

History.

  1. How did icons develop from late antiquity through Byzantium and Russia? provenance
  2. Which entry fits Byzantine art? action

Today

Today.

Today

Today.

  1. How are icons made, collected and conserved today? provenance
  2. Which entry fits art conservation? action

Classifiers Filled

Family
Thing Registry
Category
Information and virtual systems
Entry kind
thing
Plane
INF
Domain
INF.MED
Other names and narrower kinds
feretory, Epitaphios, Jerusalem Icon of the Mother of God, Holy Face of Jesus, Spiritual labyrinth, Alasa Kanya, stone icons, Proskynetarion, Maria Advocata, Pelican in her piety, Eye of Providence icon, Joy of All Who Sorrow

What it is Filled

A religious image, usually a painting on wood panel, venerated in Eastern Orthodox, Oriental Orthodox and Eastern Catholic Christianity as a window to the sacred, depicting Christ, the Mother of God, saints and feasts in conventional forms, including named types such as the Jerusalem Icon of the Mother of God and images of the Holy Face of Jesus, and related liturgical objects such as the Epitaphios cloth of the burial of Christ; the registry aliases feretory, Spiritual labyrinth and Alasa Kanya name other objects and appear misfiled.

Why it exists Filled

Let an agent explain icons and their theology and art, relay history, technique, types and veneration from art history and religious studies sources with attribution and respect, describe the objects the registry aliases name, and distinguish icons from other religious paintings, from the computing icon and from misfiled aliases.

Distinguishing features Filled

  • Venerated image
  • Conventional forms
  • Tempera on panel
  • Theological status

What robots and AI may and may not do Filled

Must not

  • Damage, alter or clean an icon without a qualified conservator.
  • Treat icons as decoration in ways that disrespect the believers who venerate them.
  • Assist in trading icons stolen from churches or exported illegally.
  • Photograph or display icons where the holding community does not allow it.

Only with a human decision

  • Moving, lending or selling an icon.
  • Any conservation or restoration work.

May

  • Describe icons, their types and iconography from art history and church sources.
  • Catalogue and report the condition of icons for the church or museum that holds them.

Moral aspects Filled

  • Icons are sacred objects for Orthodox and Eastern Catholic believers, not just art.
  • Icon theft from churches in conflict areas is a serious loss to communities.

Who is affected

  • Orthodox and Eastern Catholic believers
  • Churches and monasteries
  • Museums

Owners Filled

Steward

The church, monastery or museum that holds it.

Master systems

  • Stolen art and cultural property databases

Links to other meta-models Filled

parent

  • Q3305213 - registry parent class

related

  • painting - in registry terms
  • Eastern Orthodox Church - and other Eastern churches
  • Second Council of Nicaea - against iconoclasm
  • feretory - a reliquary shrine named as an alias

What else AI and robots need to interact with it Filled

Identity and identifiers required Filled

  • Vercy registry: vr.tr.icon
  • Wikidata: Q132137 (https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q132137)

Direct properties not applicable Not applicable

  • technique: egg tempera on gessoed wood note - traditional
  • Iconoclasm: 726-843 period - Byzantine
  • Second Council of Nicaea: 787 year - affirmed veneration
  • oldest surviving: 6th century note - Saint Catherine s Monastery

Plane INF: no invented physical properties.

Recognition optional Filled

  • Venerated sacred image of Eastern Christianity
  • Jerusalem Icon of the Mother of God, Holy Face of Jesus, Epitaphios; feretory, Spiritual labyrinth and Alasa Kanya as misfiled
  • Western religious paintings are not venerated in the same way; computing icons are symbols; a feretory is a reliquary shrine
  • A painted wooden panel with gold ground and stylised sacred figures.

Capabilities and actions required Filled

  • explain the art and theology
  • relay history and technique
  • describe types
  • distinguish related senses

Hazards and failure modes required Filled

  • Disrespectful framing of veneration
  • Registry aliases naming unrelated objects
  • Theft and illicit trade in icons

Standards and interfaces required Filled

  • Church canons on iconography
  • Heritage and export laws for historic icons

Context of use required Filled

  • Religious veneration and teaching.
  • icons of Christ including the Holy Face
  • icons of the Mother of God including the Jerusalem Icon
  • icons of saints and feasts
  • liturgical textiles such as the Epitaphios
  • iconostasis icons
  • Byzantine, Russian, Greek, Coptic and Ethiopian schools

Sources Filled

  1. Wikidata item Q132137: icon - identity and sense of the item
  2. Wikipedia: Icon - general description of the item

Open questions

  • Should Epitaphios and the named icon types be separate primary entries?
  • How should art history and religious sources be linked?
  • The registry aliases feretory, Spiritual labyrinth and Alasa Kanya are not icons and should be detached

Machine files

Card as JSON Specification Card backlog vercy.card/1

Provenance

thing registry research (pass 2) · unreviewed

Built from: models/things/publications/thing-q132137/spec.json