Bulgaristan’dan Geç Antik Mozaik Döşemelerinde Krismonlar ve Haçlar

Makale, çoğunlukla Orta ve Doğu Balkanlar bölgesinde yer alan günümüz Bulgar topraklarının antik vilayetlerden Geç Antik dönem mozaik döşemeleri üzerine farklı ikonografilerde ve farklı sayılarda Erken Hristiyanlık Kristogramları/Staurogramları ve haçların yerleştirilmesini incelemektedir. Geç Antik Çağ’da haçın tarihçesi ve kriterleri, Erken Hristiyanlık ayininde, dekorasyon ve sanatta, resmi ve zımni düzenlemelerde, bu yöndeki kanun ve yasaklarda, istisnalar ve bunlara neden olan sebeplerde izlenebilmektedir.

Anahtar Kelimeler:

Erken Hristiyan Kristogramı (Chi-Rho işareti), Erken Hristiyan haçı, ikonografiler, kanunlar ve düzenlemeler

Chrismons and Crosses on the Late Antique Mosaic Pavements from Bulgaria

The article examines the cases of placing of the Early Christian Christograms/Staurograms and crosses in diverse iconographies and different number on the Late Antique mosaic pavements from the ancient provinces of the present-day Bulgarian lands/ mostly in the Central and Eastern Balkans. The history and the criteria of the cross in Late Antiquity are traced in the Early Christian liturgy, decoration and art, the official and tacit regulations, laws and bans in that aspect, the exceptions and the reasons causing them.

Keywords:

The Early Christian Christogram (Chi-Rho sign), the Early Christian cross, iconographies, laws and regulations,

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