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Portable Triptych Icon: Adoration of the Miracle-Working Icon of the Vladimir Mother of God, 1600s. This triptych icon was probably commissioned by a lay person for private prayer and meditation. It could be folded and shut when not in use. The scenes represented from left to right are: The Crucifixion (left); the Resurrection and anastasis (center); and Adoration of the Miracle-Working Icon of the Vladimir Mother of God (right). Small portable icons such as this were common to later Russian religious practice.