HADRIANOPOLIS KUZEYBATI NEKROPOL KİLİSESİ’NDEN SÜTUN KAİDELERİ VE BAŞLIKLARI (original) (raw)

This study analyzes a group of plinths and capitals recovered during the excavations in the Northwest Necropolis Church of Hadrianopolis. Accordingly, it is revealed that the plinths and capitals, which are typologically diverse, are similar to the same type of artefacts previously discovered in the city and the structure, and that they belong to the second phase of the church, which has two construction phases. This period covers the second half of the 5th century AD and the 6th century. Taken together with the previous research, it appears that the plinths and capitals may have been produced by local craftsmen from material obtained from the quarries around Hadrianopolis. Incomplete artefacts found in the city and the use of spolia also support this view. The forms and different sizes of the column bases and capitals reveal that the church had colonnaded galleries on the upper floor, and in this context, larger and elaborately carved plinths may have been used on the lower floor.