ByzantinoCaucasica. Выпуск 1

ByzantinoCaucasica. Volume 1

Еditor: Chkhaidze Viktor

Institute of Oriental Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences

Москва, 2021, 200 p.

The collection examines the current problems of socio-political and cultural history of medieval Byzantium and the Caucasus. Some of the works are devoted to medieval archaeology, architecture, art history, sphragistics. Attention is paid to the historical and cultural relations of the peoples of the Byzantine Empire and the surrounding Ecumene. The yearbook is intended for historians, source specialists, art historians, as well as anyone interested in the medieval history of Byzantium, the Caucasus, Crimea, and adjacent territories.

From the editor ………......………. ................……………….......…………... 7
Skakova I. V., Skakov A. Yu., Dzhopua A. I.
Plintha of the Early Medieval Temple in Gienos
(Ochamchira, Republic of Abkhazia):
publication of excavation materials 2019 –2021 ....…. ...................…….. 9
Endoltseva E. Yu. Architectural decoration of Abkhazia
of the middle 8th – beginning 111th centuries and its place
in the art of the Christian world . ...........................................................… 55
Vinogradov A. Yu. Masters and buildings of David Kuropalates . ................. 69
Vinogradov A. Yu., Gaydukov N. E., Kharitonov S. V., Shvedov O. Yu.
A half-cave church in an unnamed grotto located
in the upper tier of the Kachi-Kalyon caves …………. ............……....... 85
Druzhinina I. A. To The Study of the Church near the Village of Bylým:
a new look at old sources ………………………. ................................… 95
Kosourov D. A. To the question about the directions of the foreign
Policy of the Georgian kingdom in the second half of the 1020s . ................ 121
Adashinskaya А. А. The Sea Stretches Wide: Migration Routes
of the Greek Artists Between the 13th and 15th centuries
and the Impact of Navigation Development . ................................................ 133
Chkhaidze V. N., Vinogradov A. Yu. Two early Byzantine seals
of the 6th – 7th centuries…. .............................................................................. 173
Chkhaidze V. N. Several Byzantine seals of the 11th – 14th centuries
with metrical legends ……………….................……. .....................…... 181
List of abbreviations . .................................................................................... 197
Information about the authors . ...................................................................... 199