Jolshin, Denis D. The Synthronon of the St. Sophia Church in Novgorod: Based on the Research Materials of Vladimir Suslov

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Title The Synthronon of the St. Sophia Church in Novgorod: Based on the Research Materials of Vladimir Suslov
Author email d.elshin@spbu.ru
About author Jolshin, Denis D. — Ph. D (history), senior researcher. St.Petersburg State University; Universitetskaya nab., 7–9, 199034 St. Petersburg, Russian Federation. SPIN-code: 4363-8035; ORCID: 0000-0002-5099-3931; Scopus ID: 57205662159
In the section Medieval Russian Art DOI10.18688/aa2414-3-18
Year 0 Volume 14 Pages 240–246
Type of article RAR Index UDK 7.033.2(471); 72.033 Index BBK 85.113(2)1
Abstract

The article concerns the problems of interpretation of the construction of the synthronon of St. Sophia Cathedral in Novgorod. The draft records and photographs of the excavations made in the late 19th century, currently housed in the Museum of Academy of Arts, have been subjected to analysis. It is argued that the description resulting from the research conducted by Grigory Shtender in the1960s should be corrected in several points. The earlier synthronon, dated presumably to the1100s, had the internal quarter vault and three steps, plastered and painted to imitate marble. In the course of the repair, dated presumably to 1151, the decoration of the stone slabs inlaid with mosaic smalt was completed; in the central part, all three steps were widened and heightened, and at the western ends only the upper steps were altered. However, the precise dating of the construction and subsequent repair of the synthronon remain questionable because of the lack of any traces of the original 11th-century synthronon and due to the new discoveries of the mosaic smalt in Novgorod.

The research was funded by Russian Science Foundation, grant № 24-18-00228, https://rscf.ru/project/24-18-00228
Keywords
Reference Jolshin, Denis D. The Synthronon of the St. Sophia Church in Novgorod: Based on the Research Materials of Vladimir Suslov. Actual Problems of Theory and History of Art: Collection of articles. Vol. 14. Eds A. V. Zakharova, S. V. Maltseva, E. Iu. Staniukovich-Denisova. — Lomonosov Moscow State University / St. Petersburg: NP-Print, 2024, pp. 240–246. ISSN 2312-2129. http://dx.doi.org/10.18688/aa2414-3-18
Publication Article language russian
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