Music and Time Annotation << Back Byzantine canon in the image of bow instruments on Old Russian iconographic monuments of the XI–XIII centuries A.V. Ustugova The article deals with images of bow instruments on the frescoes of St. Sophia Cathedral in Kiev of the XI century and in miniature from the Novgorod Simonovsky (Khludovskaya) Psalter of the late 13th century. The theoretical basis and methodological base of the research is the comparative-typological and historical approaches that make it possible to distinguish and correlate the main types of medieval images of bow instruments, their similarity in form and performing techniques. Instrument analysis in correlation with the stylistic features of the images made it possible to identify common features when reconstructing the appearance of bow instruments on Old Russian iconographic monuments of the 11th–13th centuries that are characterized by the prevailing influence of the Byzantine art system. Keywords: Old Russian art, Byzantine canon, bow instruments, frescoes, miniatures. Contacts: E-mail: uav80@mail.ru Pp. 03-09.