rizan.
/ˈriːzə/, U.S. /ˈrizə/ Orthodox Church.
A protective overlay (usually of metal) on a sacred icon, with openings revealing only important features such as the face and hands, but with engraved, embossed, or embroidered outlines of the complete picture.
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1927 E. H. Minns tr. Kondakov Russ. Icon ii. 37 As long ago as the fourteenth century, under Greek influence, the Russians began to cover..the figures with plates of silver showing in more or less relief the outlines and folds of the clothes and vestments: such a plate is called a ríza, properly speaking a garment, especially a chasuble... The parts of the figures left unclothed, faces, hands, and the like,..show through holes in the riza.
1931 P. Romanov tr. Zarine Three Pairs of Silk Stockings ii. 9 One hall was full of pictures... Another was covered with ikons with old rizas of pearl.
1963 T. T. Rice Russian Icons 25 It became usual to encase an icon in a costly metal cover or riza, in which openings were cut to show the essential sections of the painting.
1978 Daily Tel. 24 Aug. 12/5 Among the collection is a 17th century icon of the Virgin of Kazan, with embossed silver-gilt riza..dating from the end of the 19th century.
1990 A. D. McKenzie in A. Leong Millennium ii. x. 145 The icon was set up in the Uspenskii Cathedral..and there received a silver riza decorated with pearls and precious stones.
2002 P. Taylor tr. A. N. Apukhtin Three Tales 146 The icon was black without a riza, and only the golden crown framed her head.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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