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Memorials from Macedonia in Bulgarian Collections

Ivanka Gergova

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Year of Publication: 2006

Cover Type: Soft

Category: History

Edition: First Edition

Pages: 227

Format: n/a

Language: English

Summary

Orthodox Christians believe that when their name is mentioned during a divine service, they ensure their health and the salvation of their soul. The memorial lists, i.e., the lists of such names, are extremely valuable historical sources, a large portion of which have not yet been studied or published. The book publishes two pomenniks from the Monastery of St. John the Forerunner (Prodromos) in the Demir Hisar region—a renowned literary and cultural center during the Late Middle Ages—containing entries from the 16th to the 19th centuries, as well as a pomennik from the Poloshki Monastery; from the Monastery of St. Nicholas in the village of Slepche, Prilep region, and from an unknown monastery in Macedonia. They are housed in the National Historical Museum, the Archaeological Museum, and the National Library of Sts. Cyril and Methodius in Sofia. The data from the memorial books are linked to information about the respective monasteries. Their publication contributes to the enrichment of the cultural and ecclesiastical history of this period and will be of interest to historians, art historians, literary scholars, and linguists.

Аbout The Author

• Ivanka Gergova: Ivanka Yordanova Gergova is a professor, doctor of art history at the Institute for the Study of Arts at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, where she is a member of the research group on medieval and Renaissance art. He is the author of five monographs, three catalogs and co-author of four collective monographs and one collective catalog, as well as dozens of studies and articles in Bulgarian and foreign collections and periodicals. She has participated in scientific forums in Bulgaria, Russia, Poland, Serbia, the Republic of Macedonia, Greece. She was a scholarship holder of the Voltaire, Paul Getty and Onassis foundations, as well as a participant and leader of a number of collective projects at the Institute for the Study of Arts at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences. Her research interests are in the field of Orthodox medieval and late medieval art - architecture, woodcarving, painting, decoration of the manuscript, graphics, to various issues such as the relationship of image, text and ritual; the movements of masters and artistic teams and the exchange of ideas.