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 scientific character. In this field the immediate concern has been the examination of ancient fresco works and iconography, The results are as follows:

1. At the Salvation-Adroniey Monastery, the walls of the cathedral at several places have been scraped from the old time white-washing. Ancient frescoes have, been discovered but so damaged by late coatings that it is impossible to define the nature and subject of these frescoes.

2. At the Church of Conception of Saint Anna (in the so-called Chinese Town) built in 1493, a priest was the source of a statement purporting to prove the existence of ancient frescoes screened from sight by the wall's plaster; no frescoes were discovered after a careful examination. An iconostasis and some ikons examined incidentally have been found to be of very ancient origin and of great importance and, therefore, subject to restoration.

3. At the Blagovyeschensk Cathedral of the Kreml, following the washing and cleaning of mural paintings, several ancient frescoes have been discovered.

4. At the Assumption Cathedral it has been decided to continue the already begun restoration work of some of the ancient ikons of the iconostasis. It has also been decided to directly supervise the restoration of mural decorations.

5. At the Archangel's Kreml Cathedral several ancient ikons have been singled out for the purpose of their complete restoration.

The restoration work is being directed by experienced prominent iconographers and supervised by the members of the Collegium and its associates (Grabar, Baklanov, Grischendo, Annisimov, Muratov). Iconographers: Tuilin, Chirikov, Youkin and photographer—Liadov.

A special committee, elected by the Collegium and composed of J. E. Grabar, T. C. Trapeznikov, V. R. Vipper and M. M. Chusid, after an examination of the Great Kreml Palace, have found there a few paintings of great artistic value. Owing to extremely unsatisfactory conditions, affecting their safety at the Palace, and also because of their inaccessibility for the larger masses of the people, the committee, pending the question of their transfer to the Rumiantzev Museum, has in the mean-