Buba Kudava, Gocha Saitidze, Newly Discovered Donor Relief from Ishkhani Cathedral
Journal Title: Pro Georgia. Journal of Kartvelological Studies - Year 2016, Vol 0, Issue 26
Abstract
Newly Discovered Donor Relief from Ishkhani Cathedral A sculptured tympanum, supposedly discovered in 2013, in the environs of Ishkhani cathedral is kept in Rize Museum. It bears an image of the Virgin and Child with the donor standing before Her and holding a building in his hand, on the roof of which a pigeon = Holy Ghost is seated, while the blessing Hand of the Lord is carved in the centre. Based on the artistic merits of the relief and taking historic events into account, the relief should be dated to the fi rst half of the 11th c. No place for the tympanum can be found within the extant Ishkhani cathedral. It might have been placed above the entrance of some chapel forming part of the west porch complex – venerated icon of the “Virgin Portaitissa” (evidenced by the literary sources) might have been housed here. It might have decorated the monastery gate (although, small dimensions make it less probable), if the above mentioned icon would have been placed in the gate-church – similar to the case of Iviron monastery on Mount Athos. The man represented on the relief seems likely to be the donor of this chapel (probably, his burial chapel) – he might have been a member of the Bagrationi royal family or a local feudal lord, who had contributed to the works ongoing in Ishkhani cathedral in the fi rst half of the 11th c.
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Buba Kudava, Gocha Saitidze
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