Early Christian Architecture
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Recent papers in Early Christian Architecture
Preface; I. Introduction: I.1 Prelude "To Imitate the Bees"; I.2 Towards an Interpretation of Spolia: Delimitations and Methods; I.3 Reuse The Development of a New Architectural Practice; II. Translatio of Materials: II.1 Fragments and... more
A készülő kötet Örményország, Grúzia és Etiópia nevezetes keresztény helyszíneire kalauzol.
This papers examines three early Christian memorial sites in Jerusalem and Bethlehem (church of the Nativity, Eleona church on the Mount of Olives, and Church of the Resurrection) erected in the 330s in the time of Constantine the Great... more
The following newly discovered epigraphic monuments from Doliskana Church in historical Klarjeti are presented in the paper: inscription on the west tympanum (revealed due to chipping of plaster), fragments of inscriptions on arches of... more
Bronze finds from the apse of the early Christian basilica, atop of which was built Saint Sophia’s church in Thessaloniki, are presented and discussed. Namely, a hammered cross-shaped, bronze polycandelon with three of its original glass... more
A scripture guide with links, to bring an individual to the point of deciding to be baptized in order to become a Christian. All photos were personally taken by the author. Permission is granted to freely print and distribute this... more
In the areas of Northern Illyricum more than 100 Early Christian churches were registered, but only a small number of them has been archeologically explored. The largest amount of data was obtained in the last decades, most prominently... more
The largest city necropolis of Naissus in the period of Late Antiquity was formed east of the fortress, along the road to Ratiaria. Since it is located in today’s city quarter of Jagodin Mala, it became known by that name in the... more
أحمد أمين، العمارة المسيحية المبكرة، سلسلة كراسات قبطية، العدد الخامس، برنامج الدراسات القبطية، مكتبة الإسكندرية (الترقيم الدولي: 978-977-452-314-3) ملخص يلقى هذا الكتيب الضوء على العمارة المسيحية المبكرة كمدخل لدراسة العمارة القبطية؛... more
Three independent converging lines of physical evidence support a preliminary interpretation of Irish Early Christian occupation at the Gungywamp site, Groton, Connecticut: -Calibrated Carbon-14 date to mid 6th century AD.... more
The Lives of Holy Bishops of Cherson are the most famous hagiographic works in the “Crimean mediaeval cycle.” This volume analyses their versions in Greek (nine texts), Church Slavonic (nine texts), Armenian (two texts) and Georgian... more
"Remains of an Early Christian basilica, in today’s church of San Lorenzo in Lucina in Rome, were identified in the 1930s by Richard Krautheimer during his work on the second volume of Corpus basilicarum Christianarum Romae.1 In the... more
Acheiropoietos basilica comprises a phenomenally preserved, typical example of the threeaisled timber-roofed Hellenistic-type basilica with narthex and galleries, thus fitting more than any of the Thessalonican monuments to the... more
Bishop Fructuous and his deacons Augurius and Eulogius were executed in the year 259 in the Tarraco amphitheatre. Two superimposed churches are located in this area. The upper church dates to the 12th century and the lower was built in... more
Belief in the presence of malevolent spirits residing in the ruins of abandoned cult buildings is an enduring theme in religious history. This short magazine article provides an introduction to the architectural, structural and... more
"Entendiendo el arte como una manifestación de la actividad del ser humano, enmarcada en el tiempo y lugar en que se lleva a cabo y con una finalidad comunicativa con diversos propósitos, el Arte Paleocristiano engloba todas aquellas... more
Articolo di carattere divulgativo pubblicato su Archeorivista/Antika/ArchArt.
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Articolo di carattere divulgativo pubblicato su Archeorivista/Atnika/ArchArt.
La sottoscritta è autrice dei testi.
La sottoscritta è autrice dei testi.
Research seminar paper on the Roman basilica of S. Clemente and the twelfth-century Roman Revival of Early Christian art and architecture.
Master's thesis with a focus on the developments that have led to the acceptance of the use of spolia in early Christian Church buildings in Rome (300-600 A.D.), as well as whether the practice of reuse matched the ideologies as they are... more
The largest necropolis of Naissus (modern Niš, Serbia) in the late antiquity period was formed on the right bank of the river Nišava, east of the fortification, along the road that led to Ratiaria. It is located on the site of today's... more
Synthesis of the evolution of the ancient basilica of St. Peter's