Book/Printed Material The Baptistery of Saint Sophia Cathedral in Kiev
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Title
- The Baptistery of Saint Sophia Cathedral in Kiev
Summary
- This book is about the baptistery of Saint Sophia Cathedral in Kyiv. The name of the cathedral comes from the sixth-century Hagia Sophia in Constantinople (present-day Istanbul) and means "Holy Wisdom," rather than dedication to a particular saint. Designed as "the new Constantinople" to represent Eastern Christianity, Saint Sophia in Kyiv was first constructed in the 11th century. The baptistery was built into the cloister a few years later and its walls still bear frescoes from the 11th--12th centuries. By the early 20th century, the baptistery was in a state of disrepair and restoration work carried out elsewhere in the cathedral had not yet begun. The crumbling of the walls and exposed surfaces provided scholars with an opportunity to study the construction techniques used in the cathedral. This book examines the baptistery structure and illustrates its dilapidated state at the time. The cathedral, together with the Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra monastery, is inscribed in the UNESCO World Heritage List.
Names
- Okuněv, Nikolaj Lvovič, 1886-1949 Author
Created / Published
- Petrograd : M.A. Alexandrov Printing House, 1915.
Headings
- - Ukraine--Kyiv
- - 1000 to 1915
- - Architectural decorations and ornaments
- - Baptisteries
- - Cathedral of Saint Sophia (Kyiv, Ukraine)
- - Cathedrals
- - Construction
Notes
- - Title devised, in English, by Library staff.
- - Original resource extent: 25 pages : illustrations.
- - Original resource at: Yaroslav Mudryi National Library of Ukraine.
- - Content in Russian.
- - Description based on data extracted from World Digital Library, which may be extracted from partner institutions.
Medium
- 1 online resource.
Digital Id
Library of Congress Control Number
- 2021666592
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