{"id":1395,"date":"2020-12-04T17:00:40","date_gmt":"2020-12-04T17:00:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/arthistory.tsu.ge\/murals\/?post_type=painting&p=1395"},"modified":"2022-01-12T05:38:57","modified_gmt":"2022-01-12T05:38:57","slug":"nesguni-first-layer-of-murals-of-church-of-savior","status":"publish","type":"painting","link":"https:\/\/arthistory.tsu.ge\/murals\/painting\/nesguni-first-layer-of-murals-of-church-of-savior\/","title":{"rendered":"Nesguni, Murals of the Savior’s Church. First Layer"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Building:<\/strong><\/td>\nNesguni, Church of Savior (\"Matskhvar\")<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Layer of the Murals:<\/strong><\/td>\nFirst Layer<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Date\/Period:<\/strong><\/td>\n9th-10th cc.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Donor(s):<\/strong><\/td>\nBeshgen<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Painter(s):<\/strong><\/td>\nGiorgi<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Inscription(s)<\/h4>\n

of the Donor(s)<\/h6>\n

In the chancel of the church, nearly the whole length of the apse is surrounded by a fresco inscription mentioning artist Giorgi and donor Beshken: \u10b5 \u10b1\u10a0\u10be\u10a4\u10aa\u10a8\u10a7\u10a0 \u10b6(\u10ab\u10b0)\u10a7\u10a8\u10b1\u10a0\u10c2\u10a7\u10a0 \u10a3\u10a0 \u10ab\u10ad\u10ab\u10a0\u10a3\u10aa\u10a4\u10a1\u10a8\u10a7\u10a0 \u10bc(\u10ab\u10a8)\u10a3\u10a8\u10b1\u10a0 \u10ab\u10a0\u10ba\u10be\u10ad\u10a5\u10a0\u10b0\u10a8\u10b1\u10a0\u10c2\u10a7\u10a0 \u10ab\u10a4 \u10a1\u10a4\u10b8\u10b5\u10a4\u10ac \u10ab\u10ad\u10a5\u10bc\u10a4\u10b0\u10a4 \u10bc(\u10ab\u10a8\u10a3\u10a0)\u10c2 \u10a4\u10b1\u10a4 \u10b1\u10a0\u10a9\u10b3\u10b0\u10a7\u10be\u10a4\u10a5\u10a4\u10aa\u10a8 \u10ae\u10b3\u10b0\u10a8\u10a7\u10a0 \u10a3\u10a0 \u10b4\u10a0\u10b1\u10a8\u10a7<\/strong>||<\/strong>\u10a0 \u10b9\u10a4\u10ab\u10a8\u10a7\u10a0 \u10b1\u10a0\u10aa\u10ad\u10ba\u10a5\u10a4\u10aa\u10a0\u10a3 \u10a7\u10a0\u10a5\u10a8\u10b1\u10a0 \u10b9\u10a4\u10ab\u10a8\u10b1\u10a0 \u10a3\u10a0 \u10ab\u10ad\u10b1\u10a0\u10c4\u10b1\u10a4\u10ac\u10a4\u10a1\u10a4\u10aa\u10a0\u10a3 \u10ab\u10b8\u10ad\u10a1\u10a4\u10aa\u10a7\u10a0 \u10b9\u10a4\u10ab\u10a7\u10a0 \u10b1(\u10b3)\u10aa\u10a8\u10b1\u10a0\u10a7\u10b3\u10a8\u10b1 \u10c4\u10a4\u10aa\u10a8\u10a7\u10a0 \u10a2(\u10a8\u10ad\u10b0\u10a2)\u10a8\u10b1\u10a8\u10a7\u10a0 [\u10b5(\u10b0\u10ad\u10ac\u10a8)\u10a9(\u10ad)\u10ac\u10b1\u10a0 [- – – – -] \u10a7(\u10b3\u10a4)\u10b1\u10a0 \u10ab\u10a0\u10a8(\u10b1)\u10b1\u10a0 \u10a0(\u10ab\u10a4)\u10ac<\/strong> \u2013 In the name of God and with the grace of the Holy Savior, I, Beshken, had this chancel painted by Giorgi at my expense, in order to pray and commemorate my parents\u2019 souls, in koronikon [—–], in May; amen<\/strong> (Svanet\u2019is ts\u2019erilobit\u2019i dzeglebi (X\u2013XVIII ss.), II, epigrap\u2019ikuli dzeglebi, tek\u2019stebi gamosatsemad moamzada, gamokvlevebi da sametsniero-satsnobaro aparati daurt\u2019o valeri silogavam [Svaneti Literary Monuments (10th\u2013XVIIIth cc.), II, Epigraphical Monuments, rdited by Valeri Silogava]<\/em> (Tbilisi, 1988), 67-8).<\/p>\n

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of the Painter(s)<\/h6>\n\n
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Description<\/h4>\n

Initially, only the chancel was painted in the church of the Savior in Nesguni.<\/p>\n

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Chancel<\/h6>\n

A three-figure composition of Christ in Majesty<\/em> is depicted in the conch. It represents enthroned Christ flanked by full-length frontal figures of saint archangels (the conch composition has survived fragmentarily).<\/p>\n

In the second registre, between the immediate edge of Christ\u2019s pedestal and the window, in the center Mother of God Hodigitrea is inscribed in a medallion; the Virgin facing Baby Jesus is depicted without a halo. The Savior, sitting on the lap of the Virgin has a folded scroll in His left hand and is caressing Mother with His right hand; six full-length frontal figures of the apostles are depicted on both sides around the Virgin (the northern section is almost obliterated).<\/p>\n

The inner face of the triumphal arch has a cross inscribed in a medallion; on both sides are images of five prophets depicted to the chest and inscribed in medallions.<\/p>\n\n

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Bibliography<\/h4>\n

Tatiana Sheviakova, \u201cNezgunis (zemo svanet\u2019i) eklesiis mkhatvrobis tarighisat\u2019vis\u201d [\u201cConcerning the Date of the Murals of the Nezguni Church (Upper Svanet\u2019i)\u201d], Sak\u2019art\u2019veos metsnierebat\u2019a akademiis moambe [Bulletin of the Georgian Acadmey of Sciences]<\/em> XXIII, \u21161 (1959): 115\u201320.<\/p>\n

Ren\u00e9 Shmerling, Malye formy v arkhitekture srednevekovoj Gruzii [Minor Forms in the Architecture of Medieval Georgia]<\/em> (Tbilisi, 1962), 228.<\/p>\n

Tatjana Shevjakova, \u201cK voprosu o vozniknovenii I kharaktere freskovjkh rospisej v Gruzii VIII\u2013IX vv.\u201d [\u201cConcerning the Origins and Character of the Fresco Decorations in 8th-9th-Century Georgia\u201d], Sakart\u2019velos metsnierebat\u2019a akademiis sazogadoebriv metsnierebat\u2019a ganq\u2019op\u2019ilebis matsne [The Bulletin of the Section of the Social Sciences of the Georgian Academy of Sciences] <\/em>1 (1962): 262\u20133.<\/p>\n

Lapidaruli ts\u2019arts\u2019erebi II: dasavle\u2019t sak\u2019art\u2019velos ts\u2019artserebi, nakv. I (IX-XIII ss.) [Lapidary Inscriptions II: Inscriptions of Western Georgia, Part I (9th-13th Centuries)], gamosatsemad moamzada, gamokvlevevebi da sametsniero-satsnobaro aparati daurto valeri silogavam [Edited by Valeri Silogava] (Tbilisi, 1980), 98.<\/p>\n

Natela Aladashvili, Gajane Alibegashvili, Aneli Volskaja, Rospisi khudozhnika Tevdore v Verkhnej Svaneti [Murals of the Painter T\u2019evdore in the Upper Svanet\u2019i]<\/em> (Tbilisi, 1966), 13\u20135.<\/p>\n

Natela Aladashvili, \u201cKompozitcia altarnoj konkhi v tserkvakh svanet\u2019i\u201d [\u201cChancel Conch Compositions in the Svaneti Churches\u201d], IV Mezhdunarodnij simpozium po gruzinskomu iskusstvu [IV International Symposium on Georgian Art]<\/em> (Tbilisi, 1983), 3.<\/p>\n

Rusudan Q\u2019enia, Nat\u2019ela Aladashvili, Zemo Svanet\u2019i (shua saukuneebis khelovneba). Gzamkvlevi [Medieval Art of Upper Svaneti: A Guidebook] [Sak\u2019art\u2019velos megzuri [Guide of Georgia]: 2]<\/em> (Tbilisi, 2000), 78\u20139.<\/p>\n

Marine Q\u2019enia, \u201cAdreul k\u2019art\u2019ul mokhatuloba\u2019ta programebis t\u2019aviseburebat\u2019a gamo\u201d [\u201cOn the Pecularities of Programmes in Early Georgian Murals\u201d], Sak\u2019art\u2019velos Sidzveleni [Georgian Antiquities]<\/em> 11 (2007): 53\u20134.<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":3444,"menu_order":0,"template":"","meta":[],"layer":[300],"period":[446,444],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/arthistory.tsu.ge\/murals\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/painting\/1395"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/arthistory.tsu.ge\/murals\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/painting"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/arthistory.tsu.ge\/murals\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/painting"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arthistory.tsu.ge\/murals\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arthistory.tsu.ge\/murals\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3444"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/arthistory.tsu.ge\/murals\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1395"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"layer","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arthistory.tsu.ge\/murals\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/layer?post=1395"},{"taxonomy":"period","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arthistory.tsu.ge\/murals\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/period?post=1395"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}