The Sources of the Quotations Painted on the Phylacteries of the Saints of the Lower Row of the Façade of the Church of the Resurrection of God of the Monastery of Suceviţa Cover Image

Les sources des Citations peintes sur les phylactères des Saints de la rangée inférieure de la façade de l’Eglise de La Résurrection de Dieu du Monastère de Suceviţa
The Sources of the Quotations Painted on the Phylacteries of the Saints of the Lower Row of the Façade of the Church of the Resurrection of God of the Monastery of Suceviţa

Author(s): Constantin I. Ciobanu
Subject(s): Christian Theology and Religion, Fine Arts / Performing Arts, Architecture, Visual Arts, Theology and Religion, Eastern Orthodoxy
Published by: Editura ARTES
Keywords: Alphabetical Patericon; Apophthegmata Patrum; Egyptian Patericon; Epigraphy; Frescoes; Iconography; Middle Ages; Moldavia; Suceviţa monastery; Romanian Painting; Sayings of the Desert Fathers

Summary/Abstract: This study aims to discover the literary sources of the quotations painted on the phylacteries of the saints on the bottom row of the regarding the façade of the Church of the Resurrection of Christ of Suceviţa Monastery. This study is part of a series regarding the sayings of the fathers from the desert, the confessors, the anchorites and the stylites painted on the southern façade of the Church of The Annunciation of the Virgin from Moldoviţa . The author of the study shows that the quotes from Suceviţa are largely drawn from the Alphabetical Collection of the Sentences of the Fathers of the Desert.

  • Issue Year: II/2015
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 40-71
  • Page Count: 32
  • Language: French