Abstract
The article is devoted to the architectural features comparative analysis of the medieval temples of Simon the Canaanite in New Athos (Abkhazia) and North Zelenchuksky in Karachay-Cherkessia (Russian Federation) in the context of three-porch temples, the study of prototypes of their architectural forms, and a description of the building solutions analysis results of the temples based on the X-ray phase method. This method is applied to the named temples’ research for the first time. The scientific novelty of the article is due to the fact that a comprehensive study of the planning, volumetric-spatial solution and building material of the temples of Simon the Canaanite and Severny Zelenchuksky, based on the results of physical and chemical analysis, allows us to confirm their dating to the 10th century and establish the chronological proximity of the two monuments.
Highlights
IntroductionPurpose of this article is substantiation using the physical and chemical method of the medieval temples’ dating analysis of Simon the Canaanite and North Zelenchuksky
Among the numerous medieval Christian temples of Abkhazia, researchers have long identified a fairly homogeneous group belonging to the type of "inscribed cross" and including such monuments as: the Pitsunda temple, temples in the village Lykhny, Simon the Canaanite in the city of New Athos, Inal-nyha (Bzybsky), Gech-nyha in the village Veseloe, Loo-nyha in the village Loo, the cathedral in the village Mokva
All of them are three-nave, three-apse, three-aisled, have narthexes and date back to the 9th11th centuries. They are related to the North Zelenchuksky and Shoaninsky temples located on the territory of North Ossetia
Summary
Purpose of this article is substantiation using the physical and chemical method of the medieval temples’ dating analysis of Simon the Canaanite and North Zelenchuksky. Tasks: study of the architectural features of the Simon the Canaanite and the Northern Zelenchuk temple as cross-domed, three-parted; presentation of the results of physical and chemical analysis of building solutions of temples; temples’ dating substantiation by the X century
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