CERCETAREA DENDROCRONOLOGICĂ A ȘARPANTEI ȘI A STRUCTURILOR DE LEMN LA BISERICA NEAGRĂ BRAȘOV (original) (raw)

2017, ARS TRANSSILVANIAE XXVII–XXVIII

The present paper discusses the research carried out at the Black Church in Brașov where a consistent effort to accurately date the wooden structures and the framework of the roof was recently undertaken. A total of 141 samples were taken from the wooden structure of the building and were examined using dendrochronological analysis in order to date the relevant elements, identify the original structure as well as and later additions, and to determine the tree species. We have studied 55 samples extracted from the nave’s roof framework, 31 from the choir, 35 from the tower’s roof frame and its interior wooden structure, 15 from pine shingles and 5 from above the pipe organ. The analysis performed at the Miercurea Ciuc dendrochronology laboratory (Anno Domini Dendrolab) indicated that the aforementioned Brasov roof framework was built between 1689 and 1694 and can be identified as the earliest known structure of its kind in Transylvania consolidated through the liegender Stuhl system.