Old Russian Graffito Inscription in the Abbey of Saint-Gilles, South of France
The abbey of Saint-Gilles-du-Gard near Arles in the south of France was one of the most prominent pilgrimage sites in medieval Europe. Recent archaeological investigation has shown that construction of the abbey church, one of the most significant Romanesque pilgrimage churches in southern France,...
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| author | Anne-Sophie Brun Andreas Hartmann-Virnich Estelle Ingrand-Varenne Savva M. Mikheev |
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| description | The abbey of Saint-Gilles-du-Gard near Arles in the south of France was one of the most prominent pilgrimage sites in medieval Europe.
Recent archaeological investigation has shown that construction of the abbey church, one of the most significant Romanesque pilgrimage churches in southern France, began ca. 1170/1180. The lower church (crypt) with the tomb of St. Giles (Lat. Aegidius, Fr. Gilles) and some of the walls of the upper church belong to that period.
A well-preserved Cyrillic graffito was discovered on a pier of the upper church, close to the spot where the tomb of St. Giles is located in the crypt below. The text contains a prayer with a common formula: GI POMЪZI | RABU SVЪ|EMU SЬMKЪ|VI NINOSLA|VICHIU ‘Lord, help your servant Semko, son of Ninoslav.’ Palaeographic and linguistic analysis shows that the graffito is of Russian origin. It was probably made at some time between 1180 and 1250 by a pilgrim travelling from Russia to Santiago de Compostela, and it is the most geographically remote Old Russian graffito inscription discovered so far in western Europe. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-d99a1745af524e3cb7c701389c4ec2922022-12-22T02:33:41ZbulMoscow State University of EducationSlovene2304-07852305-67542014-12-013250Old Russian Graffito Inscription in the Abbey of Saint-Gilles, South of FranceAnne-Sophie Brun0Andreas Hartmann-Virnich1Estelle Ingrand-Varenne2Savva M. Mikheev3University of Provence / National Centre for Scientific Research, Aix-en-ProvenceUniversity of Provence / National Centre for Scientific Research, Aix-en-ProvenceUniversity of Poitiers, Center for Advanced Studies in Medieval Civilization / National Centre for Scientific Research, PoitiersInstitute for Slavic Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences, MoscowThe abbey of Saint-Gilles-du-Gard near Arles in the south of France was one of the most prominent pilgrimage sites in medieval Europe. Recent archaeological investigation has shown that construction of the abbey church, one of the most significant Romanesque pilgrimage churches in southern France, began ca. 1170/1180. The lower church (crypt) with the tomb of St. Giles (Lat. Aegidius, Fr. Gilles) and some of the walls of the upper church belong to that period. A well-preserved Cyrillic graffito was discovered on a pier of the upper church, close to the spot where the tomb of St. Giles is located in the crypt below. The text contains a prayer with a common formula: GI POMЪZI | RABU SVЪ|EMU SЬMKЪ|VI NINOSLA|VICHIU ‘Lord, help your servant Semko, son of Ninoslav.’ Palaeographic and linguistic analysis shows that the graffito is of Russian origin. It was probably made at some time between 1180 and 1250 by a pilgrim travelling from Russia to Santiago de Compostela, and it is the most geographically remote Old Russian graffito inscription discovered so far in western Europe.http://slovene.ru/ojs/index.php/slovene/article/view/53FranceSaint-Gilles-du-Gardmedieval epigraphygraffitipalaeographyCyrillicOld Russianpilgrimspilgrimage roadsSantiago de Compostelaarchaeologybuilding archaeology12th century13th century |
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| title | Old Russian Graffito Inscription in the Abbey of Saint-Gilles, South of France |
| title_full | Old Russian Graffito Inscription in the Abbey of Saint-Gilles, South of France |
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| title_full_unstemmed | Old Russian Graffito Inscription in the Abbey of Saint-Gilles, South of France |
| title_short | Old Russian Graffito Inscription in the Abbey of Saint-Gilles, South of France |
| title_sort | old russian graffito inscription in the abbey of saint gilles south of france |
| topic | France Saint-Gilles-du-Gard medieval epigraphy graffiti palaeography Cyrillic Old Russian pilgrims pilgrimage roads Santiago de Compostela archaeology building archaeology 12th century 13th century |
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