Here's the front image of the book OP shared, its an iconstasis from the Pskov museum
https://files.catbox.moe/cn8ygp.jpg https://files.catbox.moe/neu4ux.jpg
The people in the painting do look to be have a darker skin, but that could be down to the aging process of the paint used.
This was painted in the 1300's in Russia and in that period it would of been painted for Jesus and the disciples to be white men.
Zoom in to the facial features of those painted and look at the noses, they have European noses.
My church has an old painting from the 1300's and it's has a darker discolouration due to age.
Here's the iconstasis from the Pskov museum
https://files.catbox.moe/cn8ygp.jpg https://files.catbox.moe/neu4ux.jpg
The people in the painting do look to be have a darker skin, but that could be down to the aging process of the paint used.
This was painted in the 1300's in Russia and in that period it would of been painted for Jesus and the disciples to be white men.
Zoom in to the facial features of those painted and look at the noses, they have European noses.
My church has an old painting from the 1300's and it's has a darker discolouration due to age.
Here's the iconstasis from the Pskov museum
https://files.catbox.moe/cn8ygp.jpg https://files.catbox.moe/neu4ux.jpg
The people in the painting do look to be have a darker skin, but that could be down to the aging process of the paint used.
This was painted in the 1300's in Russia and in that period it would of been painted for Jesus and the disciples to be white men.
My church has an old painting from the 1300's and it's has a darker discolouration due to age.