Architectural features of the three court cross-domed churches of the North Caucasus
Abstract
Architectural features of the three court cross-domed churches of the North Caucasus
Incoming article date: 24.05.2021The article is devoted to the comparative analysis of the architectural features of the medieval temples of Simon the Cananite in New Athos (Abkhazia) and the Northern Zelenchuksky in Karachay-Cherkessia (Russian Federation) in the context of three-courtyard temples, the study of prototypes of their architectural forms, the description of the results of the analysis of building solutions of temples based on the X-ray phase method. This method is used for the study of these temples for the first time. The scientific novelty of the article is due to the fact that a comprehensive study of the planning, spatial solution and building material of the temples of Simon Kananit and Northern Zelenchuksky, based on the results of physico-chemical analysis, allows us to confirm their dating to the X century and establish the chronological proximity of the two monuments.
Keywords: medieval architecture of Abkhazia and Alanya, three court temples, X-ray phase analysis