Presentation of the Virgin in the Temple and the Virgin of the Burning Bush

[Transcription] Along the edges of the large star-shaped halo: Иже преже деньницы ωто ω(τ)ца без мате[ре родивыйся, на земли без отца] воплотися днесь из тебе. Д[ева] чистая во (чреве) прииме[т]. / С нами совокупися и воѧею [sc. волею] прете(р)пяи твари всея творецъ, в наше естество ωбновлеи/ся [sc. оболкся] на небеси неωтлучи распяти(ем) сина с(воего) искупи ωт работы дъявoля страш(ныя), / раби мрак (?) искупуя родъ (нашъ) ωт древныя клятвы, якоже пророцы прорекоша: Моисѣи купину прорече, Исаия (соз)дательницу Божию, Езекилъ непроходимую дверь, Иωсия корень израсти, Давъидъ прекрасную полату и градъ ωдуш/евленъ, Соломонъ премудрости храмъ изрече, Данил камень ωт неωткомыя горы, Гедеωнъ [р]уно нeoро[шенное], / (Аро)нъ жезлъ прозябши, Аввакумъ гору б(о)жию приωсѣ(не)ну, Ияковъ лѣствицу духовную, / м_итра ωдушевленнъихь, (Захария) градь царя великаго Христа Б(о)га н[ашег]о; [Translation] He that was begotten of the Father before the morning star without a mother, is today on earth become incarnate of thee without a father. A pure virgin shall conceive in her womb. The Creator of all creation became one with us and voluntarily suffered, clothing Himself in our nature. The inseparable [Father] in heaven redeemed [us] through the crucifixion of His Son from the devil’s terrible yoke and the darkness of slavery (?), redeeming our race from the ancient curse, just as the prophets had foretold: Moses foretold a [burning] bush, Isaiah – a woman giving birth to God (7:14), Ezekiel – an impassable gate (44:2), Hosea – a root cast forth (14:5), David – a beautiful palace and animate city, Solomon – the house of wisdom (Proverbs 9:1), Daniel – a stone from an inviolate mountain (2:34), Gideon – a fleece untouched by dew (Judges 6:40), Aaron – a flowering rod (Numbers 17:8), Habakkuk – a mountain overshadowed by the Lord (3:3), Jacob – a spiritual ladder (Genesis 28:12), [?], Zechariah – a city of the great King Christ our God (9:9, cf. Psalm 48:2); [Transcription] In the central star, clockwise from the top center: (1) Херувимъ. (2) Изводяи ωт сокровищь своих в[ѣтры]. (3) Ангел хранитель приноситъ слезы и покаяни(е) с милостынею и лю[б]овию. (4) Ангель госпо[день при]носитъ _аволокъ, [моли]тву и кадило ...... ωт человека. (5) Постави знамение чюдно на небеси дуги, заветъ между господомъ и ч(е)л(о)в(е)к(и); [Translation] (1) Cherubim. (2) Bringing the wind out of his treasuries (Psalm 135:7). (3) A guardian angel (who) brings tears and repentance, together with charity and love. (4) An angel of the Lord, (who) brings [?], prayer and a censer … from man. (5) He set up a wondrous sign of the (rain)bow upon the sky, a covenant between the Lord and men (Genesis 9:13); [Transcription] In the clouds, clockwise from the top left: (1) Д(у)хъ служебныя, теплота, мразъ, зима, снегъ и ледъ, ангел господень содержа сеи. (2) Ангелъ господенъ росу дая, сиïрѣчъ силу [да]я ωчищения ωт собъла[з]на греха. (3) Духъ премудрости, ангелъ огню палящ[ъ, сиречь] на[м] будущая пока[заи]. (4) Духъ страх[а божия, ангелъ грому,]... (5) Духъ состави дѣлу благому, сиïреч ангелъ блистания и держания. (6) Духъ ωбновлениа . . . . чистыхъ. (7) Духъ благочестия, сиречь ωтсечения, подаеть чашу горести. (8) Духъ разума, сиречь чюдодѣиствуетъ в мире; [Translation] (1) Servant spirits, warmth, frost, winter, snow, and ice: an angel of the Lord holds sway over them. (2) The angel of the Lord who gives dew, i.e. gives one strength to cleanse oneself from the temptation of sin. (3) The spirit of wisdom, an angel who burns with fire, i.e. shows us the things to come. (4) The spirit of the fear of the Lord, an angel of thunder… (5) The spirit of the preparation of a good deed, i.e. an angel of brilliance and power. (6) The spirit of the renewal… of the pure. (7) The spirit of piety, i.e. of renunciation, who gives a cup of sorrow. (8) The spirit of understanding, i.e. one who works miracles in the world. (In general cf. Isaiah 11:2); [Transcription] In the corners, clockwise from the top left: (1) На Синаѣ видѣ Моисѣи ку[пи]ну ωгнемъ пегомоу и неизгораем[у] и вов .... ис к[упины]. (2) Иωсия [sc. Иессеи] коренъ и[спу]сти ωт негоже цве[тъ Христосъ от девы] пр[озяблъ есть] (3) Ιякωв видѣ лествицу ... (4) illegible. Jeremiah: Азъ пут [т]я видих, cf. Jeremiah 42:3; Daniel: Гору разумн[ую], cf. Daniel 2:34; Isaiah: Се дева {я} во чреве прииметъ, Isaiah 7:14; Moses: Азъ купину прозва[х], cf. Exodus 3:2; Aaron: Жезлъ тя проявляя, cf. Exodus 7:10, Numbers 17:8; [Translation] (1) On Sinai Moses saw a bush burnt and unconsumed by fire, and …. from the bush. (2)
Hosea [sc. Jesse] cast forth a stem, from which Christ blossomed out of the Virgin [cf. Isaiah 11:1]. (3) Jacob saw a ladder… (4) illegible. Jeremiah: I saw you as a way, cf. Jeremiah 42:3 Daniel: A noetic mountain [I saw], cf. Daniel 2:34 Isaiah: Behold, a virgin shall conceive in her womb, cf. Isaiah 7:14 Moses: I called [you] a bush, cf. Exodus 3:2
Aaron: Prefiguring you as a rod, cf. Exodus 7:10, Numbers 17:8