You can buy window frames Russian houses: the symbolism in the wooden architecture

In Russia today still has many houses, impressive wooden patterns on the window frames. This delicate art was passed down from master to master, and to this day rare house with carved architraves will leave someone indifferent. In our review of the most interesting examples of wooden architecture that can be seen indefinitely.

1. Such were the window frames until the 17th century.

Carved trim in Russian houses was not only an aesthetic element, but also a talisman that was meant to protect the house from entering "the darkness and navies". Therefore, the main motive for the thread was a picture of natural forces — "the firmament", the "abyss of heaven" and the Sun met and realistic images of animals.

2. The intricate carving on the window frames.

The design of the Windows of the house — a kind of picture of the world. At the top of the sky, which in the Slavic beliefs had two levels: "lower heaven" was called the "celestial abyss" and the upper "heavenly firmament". The celestial abyss is a symbol of fertility and life-giving water — is depicted as a wavy line or a distinct semicircles. She can "drain" on the edges of the window, sobrias in the form of droplets.

3. Special style.

The lower part of the wooden casing was supposed to symbolize the "solid earth", and therefore frequently had the images of plowed and planted fields (diamonds with dots inside and double crisscross patterns). Lateral part of clypeus is called "towels".

4. The sun sets and rises again.

5. The casing as a talisman.

All the parts of the casing are correlated with the cardinal points and seasons, and when applied to certain characters plays an important role the location of the actual characters.

6. Modern style.

So, the most common is placing on all parts of the casing of the solar symbols. As a rule, for the image of the sun used the diamond. He could fit in any part of the casing, and sometimes on top of me, and right and left and even down. In this combination the symbol denotes the changing of the seasons and of day and night. In the bottom part of the casing the diamond (elongated) denotes the field.

7. White and Bordeaux.

8. Almost Khokhloma.

The sun was depicted on the plat and the equilateral cross, the so-called "eye in the sky" (usually in the upper part of the clypeus), and as a small polydisc with the rays. For the ancient Slavs the sun is associated with energy, strength, power, was a talisman against all evil. Such images reflect and represent the Slavs of the world — in the center of the sun, symbolizing the Supreme power and life-giving. However, casings in the Soviet time the sun replaced the "flower" or five-pointed star.

9. ...and the birds at the bottom.

No less important in the decoration of the architraves and thunderous signs, traditionally accompanying the sun. Looks like thunder mark as a six or eight-pointed star inscribed in a circle. The Slavs called the symbol of thunder Perun and the sign, thunder wheel or Kolowrat. This sign — a symbol of courage, valor and magic sign of the Russian army. Sometimes it designated the day and night.

10. Sophisticated.

11. Modern motifs.

Meet at the trim and realistic images of birds (ducks and swans) and horses. In Slavic mythology, the horse was a "carrier" of the solar disk. Therefore, it is depicted in the upper part of the casing, and of birds, carried off the sun — in the lower part.

12. Almost fabulous window.

Considering the trim, you can see many interesting things, but it should always be remembered that the interpretation of images in different regions of Russia may be quite different — it's related to history, followed by learning from characters and their adaptation to the culture of different peoples.

13. Such different Russian frames.