scholarly journals On the frescoes of the Bela crkva (white Church) of karan and the contemporary painting of Raska

Zograf ◽  
2006 ◽  
pp. 135-152 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dragan Vojvodic
Keyword(s):  
Careful Examination ◽  
Cultural Relations ◽  
14Th Century ◽  
Artistic Value ◽  
The North ◽  
Art Research ◽  
Contemporary Painting ◽  
The Church ◽  
North Western ◽  
Very High

The results of a more careful examination of the painting in Raska from the period of the king and later, of the emperor, Stefan Dusan (1331-1355) render untenable the earlier assessments about its strikingly provincial character and negligible artistic value. The fragmentarily preserved painting of the exonarthex in Djurdjevi stupovi, in Budimlja (spring 1343 - autumn 1345), and St. Nikola in Palez near Studenica (probably the fifth decade of the 14th century), undoubtedly indicate a highly progressive style and very high artistic value. According to their pictorial features, these two monuments are no less sophisticated than the most advanced fresco ensembles of Dusan's times in Macedonia. Besides that, in the painting of the Budimlja exonarthex and the church in Palez, one can also perceive certain iconographic and programmatic novelties, which are characteristic of churches from that period in the south eastern parts of the Serbian state (the Menologion, the elevation of the rulers' portraits to the second zone of the fresco paintings, etc). The coordination of the iconography and the programme with the principles of the Palaiologan high renaissance can also be observed in the fresco painting of some other monuments of Raska from the reign of Stefan Dusan. We refer to the Church of the Annunciation in Dobrun, the exonarthex in Sopocani, the Chuch of St. Nicholas in Baljevac, the so-called Latin Church in Prokuplje, and St. Nicholas in Usee. In the majority of the said monuments, one can notice traces of the rather lively cultural relations with the central and southern parts of the expanded Serbian state. Nevertheless, the painting in the enumerated churches has been only fragmentarily preserved. Consequently, considerations about the fresco painting of the Bela Crkva Karanska (the White Church of Karan) as a rather well preserved monumental ensemble, acquires particular significance for art research in the north western part of Dusan's state.

scholarly journals The German tolmach: Dmitry Gerasimov and his aliases in the embassy books

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anton Zimmerling ◽  
◽  
◽  
Keyword(s):  
The North ◽  
Russian Author ◽  
The Church ◽  
North Western

I prove that the interpreter of two embassy letters sent from Ivangorod (Jaanilinn) to Moscow in 1505, a certain Dmitry Ščerbaty is identical to the Russian author and diplomat Dmitry Gerasimov. Ščerbaty’s / Gerasimov’s letters have unique features distinguishing them from other embassy letters from the time of Ivan III. The choice of the North-Western dialect form of the 1 Pl. auxiliary есме in the translation of a Latin embassy letter is a footprint of the book author who discard-ed the both the vernacular alternative есмя /есмо as vulgar and the Church Slavonic variant есмы. Evgenij E. Golubin-skij’s conjecture that Gerasimov is mentioned elsewhere in the embassy books as ‘Dmitry Zaecov’ is not justifi ed

scholarly journals BULGARIANSERBIAN MARITAL DIPLOMACY FROM THE END OF 13th TO THE BEGINNING OF 14th CENTURY

2017 ◽  
pp. 85-127
Author(s):  
Sashka Georgieva
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Policy ◽  
The Other ◽  
14Th Century ◽  
The North ◽  
North Western

Abstract: The article deals with marital agreements that had a bearing on Bulgarian-Serbian foreign policy relations between the 1280s and the beginning of the 1320s. There are five such agreements. Three are connected with the Bulgarian capital of Turnovo: the marriage of Milutin and Anna, the daughter of Tsar Georgi I Terter; the marriage of Theodora, the daughter of King Smilets (1292–1298) and Stefan, future King Stefan Dečanski, the son of Milutin; and the marriage project between the widow of Smilets and Milutin himself. The other two are the result of Serbia’s relations with the north-western Bulgarian city of Vidin: the marriage of Shishman with the daughter of Dragoš, the grand župan of Milutin and the marriage of Mihail Shishman with Anna/Neda, Milutin’s daughter. Keywords: Milutin, Georgi I Terter, Stefan Dečanski, Mihail Shishman, Anna/Neda, diplomatic marriages.

scholarly journals The vegetation of lateritic crusts in Northwestern Benin (Atakora region)

2012 ◽  
Vol 15 ◽  
pp. 25-29
Author(s):  
Robert Sieglstetter ◽  
Rüdiger Wittig ◽  
Karen Hahn
Keyword(s):  
Herbaceous Layer ◽  
Class V ◽  
Shrub Layer ◽  
The North ◽  
Shallow Soils ◽  
North Western ◽  
Very High

Most of the grass savannas on lateritic crusts found in the North-Western of Benin are free of trees and a shrub layer is only sparsely developed. The only constant member of the shrub layer is Terminalia laxiflora. Intermediate constancy show Entada africana and Annona senegalensis. With regard to the herbaceous layer two types can be identified: On very shallow soils (<2 cm) Loudetia togoensis is highly constant and often dominating. The same is true for Andropogon pseudapricus on soils of a little bit more than 2 cm. In those types, Lepidagathis anobrya and Spermacoce filifolia show very high constancy (constancy class V) and Cyanotis lanata and Melliniella micrantha occur with high constancy (IV).

scholarly journals Study of soil erosion risks using RUSLE Model and remote sensing: case of the Bouregreg watershed (Morocco)

2020 ◽  
Vol 383 ◽  
pp. 159-162
Author(s):  
Fatima Hara ◽  
Mohammed Achab ◽  
Anas Emran ◽  
Gil Mahe
Keyword(s):  
High Risk ◽  
Soil Erosion ◽  
Water Erosion ◽  
Distribution Map ◽  
Average Annual Rate ◽  
The North ◽  
Spatial Distribution Map ◽  
North Western ◽  
Very High ◽  
Semi Arid

Abstract. The Bouregreg watershed is located to the north-western center of Morocco, characterized by a semi-arid climate. It covers a total area of approximately 10 000 km2. This basin is a very sensitive area to water erosion. This causes the degradation of its vegetation cover and its land. The most sensitive and poorly protected soils erode much more easily and lose their fertility.The objective of this work is to quantify soil losses by water erosion in the Bouregreg watershed using the Revised Universal Loss Equation (RUSLE) and Geographic Information Systems. The average annual rate of soil erosion in the Bouregreg watrershed are estimated at 20 t ha−1 yr−1. The spatial distribution map of soil erosion show that 71 % of the total area has low risk of soil erosion (<3 t ha−1 yr−1), while 28 % of the study area shows moderate to high risk of erosion (20–60 t ha−1 yr−1). Areas of very high risk of erosion are also present in some sectors of the watershed covering 1 % of the total surface.

Avgia Church (Batumi, Georgia)

2021 ◽  
pp. 177-188
Author(s):  
Shota Mamuladze ◽  
Kakhaber Kamadadze ◽  
Emzar Kakhidze
Keyword(s):  
Ceramic Powder ◽  
The West ◽  
West Side ◽  
Lime Mortar ◽  
Early Christian ◽  
Ground Plan ◽  
South Eastern ◽  
The North ◽  
The Church ◽  
North Western

The church discussed in the paper is situated in Avgia, on the outskirts of Batumi. It is an early Christian period hall-type church with northern and southern wings. The ground plan of the whole structure resembles the well-known layout of the croixlibre. The whole building is 23.85 m long and 19.0 m wide – including the arms. It has a projecting semi-circular apse whose radius is 6.05 m. The main space of the church is divided into three parts. It consists of a transverse hall, which may have operated as a narthex, a hall, and an altar apse. The floor of the structure was covered with pinkish lime mortar, a mixture of small pebbles and ceramic powder. The only central entrance to the church was located on the west side. The northern annex had an entrance in the north-western corner, and the southern one – in the south-eastern corner. The church seems to have been built of rubble stone. The construction style, layout, and archaeological evidence from the site narrow down its chronology to the 5th and 6th centuries AD.

scholarly journals Chronometry of the Final Eneolithic Cemeteries at Święte, Jarosław District, from the Perspective of Cultural Relations Among Lesser Poland, Podolia and the North-Western Black Sea Region

2018 ◽  
Vol 23 (1) ◽  
pp. 178-212
Author(s):  
Piotr Włodarczak
Keyword(s):  
Black Sea ◽  
Cultural Relations ◽  
Radiocarbon Dates ◽  
Black Sea Region ◽  
The North ◽  
Archaeological Materials ◽  
Absolute Age ◽  
Age Range ◽  
North Western ◽  
Catacomb Culture

Abstract The research on archaeological materials from sites 11, 15, and 20 at Święte produced a series of 13 radiocarbon dates for niche graves of the Corded Ware culture (CWC). The results are coherent and point to a range of 2550-2350 BC. This corresponds well with other results obtained for nearby CWC cemeteries in the Rzeszów Foothills, and is consistent with dates obtained for CWC graves in other regions in Lesser Poland: the Lesser Poland Upland, the Sokal Ridge, and the Lublin Upland. At the same time, the obtained absolute age range corresponds with a wave of influences from the North Pontic circle of steppe cultures and the Middle Dnieper culture. It can be synchronized with the beginning of the development of the classic variants of the Catacomb culture: the Ingul and Doniec variants.

scholarly journals Baltic and Balto-Finnish objects at urban properties of the Lyudin Konets of mediaeval Novgorod (after the materials from the Troitsky excavation)

2021 ◽  
Vol 31 ◽  
pp. 113-127
Author(s):  
L. Pokrovskaya ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Stable Group ◽  
Baltic Region ◽  
Topographic Analysis ◽  
14Th Century ◽  
North West ◽  
The North ◽  
North Western ◽  
Eastern Baltic

Finds of objects of Baltic and West-Finnish provenience constitute a small but stable group at the Troitsky excavation and are encountered in layers of the late 10th — first half of the 14th century. Chronological and topographic analysis of this group of objects allowed the researchers to establish the connections of the owners of the urban properties investigated at the Troitsky excavation, with the Eastern Baltic region, North-Western Ladoga and the North-West of the Novgorod Land.

scholarly journals XXIX.—Note on Saxon and other Remains discovered at and near Mentmore, in the County of Buckingham. By Frederic Ouvry, Esq., F.S.A.; in a Letter to J. Y. Akerman, Esq., Secretary

Archaeologia ◽  
1854 ◽  
Vol 35 (2) ◽  
pp. 379-382
Author(s):  
Frederic Ouvry
Keyword(s):  
Irregular Shape ◽  
The Road ◽  
North East ◽  
The North ◽  
Domesday Book ◽  
The Hill ◽  
The Village ◽  
Edward The Confessor ◽  
The Church ◽  
North Western

The village of Mentmore stands about eight miles north-east from Aylesbury, four miles from Leighton Buzzard, and one mile and a half from the Cheddington Station, on the London and North-Western Railway. It is situated on a hill, which rises somewhat abruptly from the Vale of Aylesbury. The hill is of irregular shape, throwing out three spurs; on one of which, stretching to the westward, stands the church, and along another, towards the north-east, is the road to Leighton Buzzard. It is a small rural parish, scarcely known by name till the Baron M. A. de Rothschild established his stag-hounds there. I cannot trace the name beyond Domesday Book. The manor is there stated to have belonged to the fair Edith (Eddeva Pulchra), the wife of King Edward the Confessor, and as then belonging to Earl Hugh. The manor subsequently passed through the families of Bussell, Zouche of Harringworth, Bray, Ligoe, Hamilton (Viscount Limerick), and Harcourt, to the present possessor, the Baron M. A. de Rothschild.

“Our Cause” in the North-West Region: J.I. Fudel’s Views (1889–1892)

2020 ◽  
Vol 58 ◽  
pp. 147-157
Author(s):  
Nadezhda V. Vinyukova
Keyword(s):  
Local Population ◽  
The State ◽  
North West ◽  
The Public ◽  
The North ◽  
Role Of The State ◽  
The Russian Empire ◽  
The Church ◽  
North Western

The article examines the views of the Orthodox priest I.I. Fudel on the position and goals of the Orthodox Church in the North-Western region and on the confessional policy of the Russian Empire in that region. The position of father Joseph, who served in Bialystok for several years, correlates with the opinion of major figures in the public debate on that issue – A.A. Vladimirov, I.P. Kornilov, M.N. Katkov, K.N. Leontiev, – and Slavophil idea. Special attention is paid to the polemics of Fudel and Vladimirov in the «Russian review» journal. The author shows that the idea of «our cause» for father Joseph was precisely the Orthodox mission, which, in turn, would have led to natural, voluntary assimilation of local population. Putting the «religious» above the «national» and «governmental», distinguishing the interests, goals and means of the state and the Church, Fudel did not deny the role of the state principles in the establishment of Orthodoxy in the region, which he saw primarily as imperative of government funding of various Church institutions.

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