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The Church of Saint Nicolas Mokirii was
built in 1665-1672 at the expense of several Yaroslavl merchants. Obviously
Saint John's church served as a model to the builders, and they repeated most
of its architectural features, but at the same time they did more to make of it
an outstanding example of fine tile work. A large cornice of multicolored tiles
surrounds the entire church. Beneath it, all the exterior walls of he chapels,
the main church and the galleries are decorated with brick insets
"Shirinki" with green ornamental tiles in the middle. Beautiful
floral tiles adorn the window architraves; the most brilliant are those of the
windows of the apses. In the western narthex of the church, tile revetment
covers almost one third of the entire wall. The delicate green and rose hues of
the tiles scintillate on the matte brick background, rivaling the elaborate
interior fresco decoration.
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