Practices of Consecration, Accumulation of Sanctity and Collective Ktetorship in Medieval Tarnovo in the 14th Century According to the Data from Church No. 22 in the Trapezitsa Fortress

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Pages: 367-399
DOI: https://doi.org/10.54664/OJLK7547

Abstract:

The study presents an example of temple consecration practices in the Second Bulgarian Empire, rarely recorded in archaeological research. In the temple built in the 1330s, Church No. 22 in the Trapezitsa Fortress (the second fortified core of Tarnovo, the capital of the Empire), nearly 20 objects of Christian art and cult were discovered, which had been used for the consecration of this temple and for the accumulation of sanctity. Their varied composition and age, as well as the urban environment of Church No. 22, which was the parish church of a large district in the southern part of Trapezitsa, indicate that the construction and maintenance of this building was probably accomplished by an act of collective patronage by the inhabitants of the city.

Keywords:

Tarnovo; church; consecration; relics; founders.

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