Bones of Contention: The living archive of Vasil Levski and the making of Bulgaria's national hero

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Plates  Plate 1 Levski monument in Karlovo. Bronze statue by Marin Vasilev (1905) Source: author’s photograph Plates  Plate 3 Photograph of Levski in Bucharest from 1872. This is the image distributed to the Ottoman police  Plate 4 Vasil Levski as a standard bearer in the cheta of Panaiot Khitov, 1867  Plate 2 Photograph of Levski from 1870, probably made in Bulgaria during his third organizational visit. This is arguably Levski’s most popular image today Plates  Plate 5 Levski in the uniform of the First Bulgarian Legion, Belgrade Source for Plates 2–5: These images of Levski are ubiquitous, but the best reproductions are in Khristo Ionkov and Stoianka Ionkova. Vasil Levski i bîlgarskata natsionalna revoliutsiia. Sofia: Izdatelstvo na BAN, 1987, p. 21: plate 1, p. 20: plate 5, p. 56, plate 10, p. 168, plate 19. Plates  Plate 6 Levski’s portrait by Georgi Danchov, 1880s Source: Zhechko Popov, Vasil Levski v bîlgarskoto izobrazitelno izkustvo, Sofia: Bîlgarski khudozhnik, 1976, Reproduction 2.  Plate 7 Levski’s bronze high relief at the Sofia monument by Rudolf Weir (1895) Source: Zhechko Popov, Vasil Levski v bîlgarskoto izobrazitelno izkustvo, Sofia: Bîlgarski khudozhnik, 1976, Reproduction 4.  Plate 8 Nikola Kozhukharov. The capture of Levski, 1952 Source: Zhechko Popov, Vasil Levski v bîlgarskoto izobrazitelno izkustvo, Reproduction 42.  Plate 9 Levski Street, Sofia Source: author’s photograph Plates Plates  Plate 10 The chapel “All Bulgarian Saints” as part of the Levski museum ensemble in Karlovo Source: author’s photograph  Plate 11 Mounting the reliquary Source: author’s photograph Plates  Plate 13 Commemorative plaque exhibited on the exterior of the “Sv. Petka Samardzhiiska” church, 1999. Source: author’s photograph  Plate 12 Levski’s hair, kept at the chapel “All Bulgarian Saints” Source: author’s photograph Plates Plates  Plate 14 Plaque: close-up. Source: author’s photograph  Plate 15 Levski’s icon in the interior of the “Sv. Petka” church Source: author’s photograph  Plate 15A Levski’s icon: blow-up Source: author’s photograph  Plate 16 Fresco on northern wall of the Holy Virgin church in Karlovo, 1997 Source: author’s photograph Plates  Plate 17 Iconostasis of the Holy Virgin church in Karlovo Source: author’s photograph Plates  Plate 18 Levski’s portrait-icon in the altar space Source: author’s photograph Plates  Plate 18A Levski’s portrait-icon: blow-up Source: author’s photograph Plates  Plate 19 Levski’s icon in the “Sv. Sofia” church Source: author’s photograph Plates  Plate 20 A poster of Levski’s icon Source: author’s photograph Plates  Plate 21 From photograph to icon Plates  Plate 22 Icon of Lenin, 1920s Source: Miltiades Papanikolaou, ed., Licht und Farbe in der russischen Avantgarde: die Sammlung Costakis aus dem Staatlichen Museum für Zeitgenössische Kunst Thessaloniki Köln: DuMont, 2004. ...