Clip (<5 mins)
Doctrine
Anglican
Rowan Williams on Icon of the Virgin of the Protecting Veil
Theologian
Rowan Williams
Duration
2.06
Uploaded to YouTube
20 February 2019
Added to Database
20 August 2025
YouTube description
Watch this film and listen to Rowan Williams, former Archbishop of Canterbury, discuss travelling icons. Travelling icons often took the form of triptychs as this made them foldable and portable. The patronal icon of Prince Andrew of Greece and Denmark shows small traces of candle wax on the surface which suggests it was used for personal devotion. Learn more at https://www.rct.uk/collection/48599