New finds of pilgrim relics copies in Novgorod

The paper reports on new finds of diminutive plates shaped as icon-cases featuring a relief bust-length image of a saint dating to the 12th - early 13th centuries. These items have been attributed to the group of Novgorod copies of western European relics implicitly linked to the pilgrimage culture. One plate displays an exceptionally rare image which is not typical for the eastern Christian tradition, it is a relief image of a saint (?), with the horns on his head. This peculiar iconography suggests that it is the image of the prophet Moses.