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Монография доцента Санкт-Петербургского университета Е. В. Ходаковского продолжает изучение деревянного церковного зодчества XIX — начала ХХ в. на Русском Севере. В его предыдущем исследовании, удостоенном в 2021 г. Макариевской премии,... more
EN/ The article deals with the defunct wooden church of St. John the Baptist in Vratimov and in wider context describes the history and the wooden vernacular architecture of the church in 15th-19th century. The first written references to... more
The study of the vernacular architecture of Maramureș has always struggled with the chronology of wooden constructions. Dendrochronology provides reliable dating, independent from the scarcity of historical sources, and regardless of the... more
EN/ The rigorous thesis deals with the history of the wooden parish church of St. Catherine of Alexandria in Ostrava-Hrabová in the context of the history of the Hrabová Roman Catholic parish. The work follows the author's monograph from... more
Wooden Articular churches in Slovakia are a special kind of wooden sacral structures, which are well known to the expert and lay public. The Evangelical believers of the Augsburg Confession built them following the findings of the Sopron... more
This report on the 13th excavation campaign at the site of Miranduolo focuses mainly on the 8th century evidences, because of their actual major implications in terms of general interpretation of the site. In particular, on the... more
The old wooden church from Botiza was taken to pieces a century ago and reused for the construction of a confessional school in Hoteni. The timbers from the ancient church, that surfaced during the demolition of the former school, in... more
This essay deals with the use of signs and their significance in the carving on the portals of the wooden churches in Transylvania. The essay brings a challenging perspective into this subject by proposing a new understanding of old... more
The foundation of the modern research of the sacred wood architecture from Maramureș was laid during WWII, in an ample monographic work, written by the art historian Victor Brătulescu. Until then, for over 75 years, the research of the... more
There are about 70 old timber churches preserved in the historical county of Maramures, built between the beginning of the 16th century and the middle of the 19th century. They show a variety of constructive traditions as well as a... more
Vechea biserică de lemn din Putna s-a distins în istoriografia noastră prin aura legendară care i-a însoţit şi protejat existenţa de-a lungul veacurilor. Tradiţia i-a conferit chiar un loc de întâietate în complexul de ctitorii domneşti... more
This article offers an extra historical argument for preserving and restoring wooden churches and especially those with a trefoil plan. These fourteenth-century monuments, keeping some of the political messages not fully understood,... more
The wooden church from Oncești was brought in 1975 to the open-air section of the Maramureș Museum to illustrate the key role played by places of worship within the villages of Maramureş. Despite the unequaled importance of this... more
The accelerated development and expansion of cultural tourism in areas with unique tourist objectives, characterised by a high degree of risk in terms of their physical and chemical integrity, requires sustained efforts by all... more
EN/ The publication deals with the important wooden Church of Saint Catherine of Alexandria in Ostrava-Hrabová that comes from second quarter of sixteenth century. The first part of the publication represents three introductory chapters... more
Early in my research, I made a description with scale drawings of four simple wooden churches from Maramureș. They present some old architectural features. Historical data was gathered from earlier known publications, that are today... more
The canvas icon of The Passion of Christ from the wooden church in Sârbi Susani can be found today in the collections of the Maramureș Museum. The icon is one of the most distinct pieces of art in Maramureș, at the limit between portable... more
A stable built of reused timber from a former wooden church in Văleni is the subject of this paper. This was built in Călineşti soon after the demolition of the church in 1947. The construction was recently transferred and saved in Văleni... more
"Язык надписей лемковских икон из коллекции Областного Музея в Новом Сонче" В статье рассматривается язык надписей 23 лемковскых икон, представленных в Областнем Музее в Новым Сончу. Надписи рассматриваются с точки зрения орфографии,... more
A very particular type of wooden church in Slovakia is to be found in the Lutheran, so-called articular churches which the Protestant faithful of the Augsburg creed were permitted to build in a very limited number in the tempestuous... more
В статье рассматривается народная архитектура с позиции теории и истории искусства. Автором высказывается предположение о том, что одним из факторов формирования архитектурного образа средневековых деревянных церквей и декоративных... more
[HUN] A kovászna-vajnafalvi református egyház templomát Székelyföld kevéssé jelentős épületei között tartjuk számon. A késő historizmus emlékei közé sorolható templom építési ideje 1930–1931 közé tehető, vélhetően helyi építőmester... more
A few years ago, the remains of Finland's oldest identified churches were still dated to the 1230s. Since the founding of parishes was dated to the early 13 th century, these remains were associated with the period of ecclesiastical... more
The paper gives coverage on the problems of semiotics of wooden sacred architecture at the territory of historical Volhynia under past and modern circumstances, including semiotics of material itself and the colour as its main... more
article gives theoretical summary and new conclusion of Ukrainian wooden church genesis (origins and principles of architectural formation) scientific problem. The investigation results are achieved by the analytic of Ukrainian wooden... more
Paper about panoramic visualisation of monuments.
The article is devoted to study of Art`s Early Medieval Scandinavia XI-XII centuries. This process is concerning with transitional from Late Viking Art to early Romanesque. The main focus is on the group of Norwegian wood carving portals.... more
Sacred wooden architecture in Poland is a huge and still unrecognised research problem. It covers a number of issues of interdisciplinary character: from the properties of building materials and carpentry techniques, through... more
English translation for Joanna Daranowska-Łukaszewska's text for the photographic album Małopolska architektura drewniana. Lesser Polish Architecture in Wood. Olszanica: Bosz, 2005. Polish-English bilingual version (Introduction and... more
En/ Situated within the broader context of the ecclesiastical history of Zábřeh (now a district of Ostrava), this article traces the development of the now-defunct wooden Church of St. Mark, beginning with its medieval origins and ending... more
EN/ Book review on the Dřevěné kostely Těšínska a severovýchodní Moravy by Mgr. Romana Rosová.
CS/ Recenze na monografii Dřevěné kostely Těšínska a severovýchodní Moravy Mgr. Romany Rosové.
CS/ Recenze na monografii Dřevěné kostely Těšínska a severovýchodní Moravy Mgr. Romany Rosové.
Sacred wooden architecture in Poland is a huge and still unrecognised research problem. It covers a number of issues of interdisciplinary character: from the properties of building materials and carpentry techniques, through... more
Sacred wooden architecture in Poland is a huge and still unrecognised research problem. It covers a number of issues of interdisciplinary character: from the properties of building materials and carpentry techniques, through... more
Вже більш ніж 20 років як церква Покрова Пресвятої Богородиці у Національному музеї народної архітектури та побуту України в Пирогові знову стала місцем молитви для чималої громади греко-католиків Києва, а на гаївки щороку біля неї... more
V období Veľkonočných sviatkov sme sa oboznámili s nenápadnou knihou, ktorej obsah je naopak tým výnimočnejší. Autori Mychajlo Syrochman a Jaroslav Džoganík sa podujali zhromaždiť poznatky a obrazové dokumenty o "stratených" drevených... more