Iva Dosseva. Early Byzantine Capitals from Sozopolis (original) (raw)

Early Byzantine Capitals from the Episcopal Basilica of Philippopolis (in Bulgarian)

Проблеми на изкуството / Art Studies Quaterly, 2021

For the first time capitals of the Episcopal Basilica of Philippopolis, samples of the and impost the Ionic impost type – Byzantine inventions designed to carry arcades – are being published. Some of the specimens testify to a large-scale reconstruction of the roof structure of the basilica. The analysis of the shape and decoration places the capitals in the period between the second half of the 5th century and the second half of the 6th century. The limits become even narrow of the already proposed stages of laying floor mosaics, probably preceded by other construction activities, are being taken into consideration. Most likely, the capitals and the reconstruction of the church accordingly date from the reign of Justinian I. The parallels from Constantinople, Chersonesos, Greece, Odessos, etc. suggest that most on the capitals of the Episcopal Basilica of Philippopolis originated from the imperial quarries and workshops on the island of Proconnesоs. Jugging by some marked but not sufficiently shaped details of the relief decoration as well as by specific decorative schemes of pulvinae, at least the final phase had to be executed on site. The unfinished Ionic capital made of syenite, the material extracted close to Philippopolis during the Roman period is evidence of continuing, albeit limited, stonemasonry activity.

An Earlybyzantine Capital from Apollonia – Sozopol: A New Attempt at Interpretation

Iva Dosseva, 2023

Научни редактори и съставители: чл.-кор. проф. д.изк. Иванка Гергова, Институт за изследване на изкуствата, Българска академия на науките проф. д-р Миглена Прашкова, Великотърновски университет "Св. св. Кирил и Методий" Рецензенти: чл.-кор. проф. д.изк. Елка Бакалова, Българска академия на науките доц. д-р Маргарита Куюмджиева, Институт за изследване на изкуствата, Българска академия на науките EDITORIAL BOARD:

Byzantine lead seals (10th to 13th centuries) from Sozopol

Известия на Бургаския музей, 8, 2022

Регионален исторически музей-Бургас редакционна колегия: главен редактор: проф. д.и.н. Светлозар ЕЛДЪРОВ редактори: проф. д-р Иван ХРИСТОВ проф. д-р Николай НЕНОВ доц. д-р Светла ДАЛАКЧИЕВА д-р Милен НИКОЛОВ съставител: д-р Милен НИКОЛОВ художествен редактор: Яна СЛАВЯНСКА предпечатна подготовка: Цветана ИЛЕВА Нели НИКИФОРОВА-ХРИСТОВА превод: Авторите в изданието Мила МИДЕЛИЕВА корица: Строеж на дървена гемия в корабостроителния завод "Илия Бояджиев", гр. Бургас Изданието се реализира по проект, финансиран от Министерството на културата на Република България

The Defensive Structures of Early Byzantine Cherson: Reconstruction and Development of City Fortification from the Fourth to the Sixth Centuries

Вус О. В. Оборонительные сооружения ранневизантийского Херсона: реконструкция и развитие городской фортификации в IV–VI вв., 2017

The organization of a reliable engineering defense of the Tauric Chersonesos (Cherson) from the fourth to the sixth centuries has been studied using architectural and epigraphical monuments as well as narrative sources and archeological artifacts. The author distinguishes several stages of Byzantine military construction in the city and comes to the conclusion on the permanence of this process. The paper focuses on the main causes of military-engineering activities: preparation for holding off an attack of the nomadic peoples of the Huns (in 375) and Göktürks (in 576), the realization of the imperial military construction program of Justinian I (527—565), as well as the need to restore the fortifications of Cherson after the devastating earthquakes of 480, 554, and 557.The author states that the defensive buildings erected in the late fourth century, the last quarter of the firth century,and the first third and the second half of the sixth century protected the Tauric Chersonesus (Cherson) from hostile attacks and ensured strategic interests of Byzantium in the Northern Coast of the Black Sea.