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                                                                <journal-id>sefad</journal-id>
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                                                                                    <journal-title>Selçuk Üniversitesi Edebiyat Fakültesi Dergisi</journal-title>
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                                        <issn pub-type="epub">2458-908X</issn>
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                    <publisher-name>Selcuk University</publisher-name>
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                                        <article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.21497/sefad.1128590</article-id>
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                                                            <subject>Archaeology</subject>
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                                                            <subject>Arkeoloji</subject>
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                                                                                                                        <article-title>13. Yüzyılda Anadolu ve Kafkasya: Mkhargrdzeli Sülalesine Bağlı Mimaride Papa I. Sylvester Figürü</article-title>
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                                    <trans-title>Anatolia and Caucasia in the Thirteenth Century: The Depiction of Pope Sylvester I in the Churches of the Mkhargrdzeli Family</trans-title>
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                                                                        <contrib contrib-type="author">
                                                                <name>
                                    <surname>Ataç</surname>
                                    <given-names>Nergis</given-names>
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                                        <pub-date pub-type="pub" iso-8601-date="20220615">
                    <day>06</day>
                    <month>15</month>
                    <year>2022</year>
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                                                    <issue>47</issue>
                                        <fpage>235</fpage>
                                        <lpage>250</lpage>
                        
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                                    <date date-type="received" iso-8601-date="20210702">
                        <day>07</day>
                        <month>02</month>
                        <year>2021</year>
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                                                    <date date-type="accepted" iso-8601-date="20220202">
                        <day>02</day>
                        <month>02</month>
                        <year>2022</year>
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                    <copyright-statement>Copyright © 1981, Selçuk University Journal of Faculty of Letters</copyright-statement>
                    <copyright-year>1981</copyright-year>
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                                                                                                <abstract><p>Mkhargrdzeli sülalesine bağlı mimari; Orta Çağ Anadolu ve Kafkasya’nın dinî, askerî, siyasi ve sosyal ortamına ışık tutmaktadır. Kars Ani Tigran Honents’in Aziz Gregorios Kilisesi (1215-1225) ve Ermenistan Akhtala Kilisesi’nde (1205-1213) kilise babalarından Roma Piskoposu I. Sylvester’ın (314-335) resmedilmesi buna örnektir. Bir Roma piskoposunun bölgedeki bilinen sadece iki örneğinin, Mkhargrdzeli ailesiyle ilgili yapılarda yer alması açıklanmalıdır. Roma piskoposu bu iki kilisenin en kutsal duvarında neden resmedilmiştir? Bir yandan Bizans’tan ümidini kesen bölgenin Hıristiyan devletleri, güçlenen Müslümanlara karşı sözde Hıristiyan Prester John’un (David) beklentisinin rivayet olduğunun farkına varmış, diğer yandan Batı Hıristiyanları doğuda emellerini gerçekleştirmek için destek arayışına girmiştir. Mkhargrdzeli sülalesine bağlı mimari de bu bağlamda dönemin mücadelelerini ve anlaşmalarını aydınlatmaktadır. Elde edilen verilerden yola çıkarak I. Sylvester figürünün Mkhargrdzeli sülalesinin kiliselerinde yer alması sorusuna ve duvar görsellerinin tarihlendirilmesine yeni öneriler getirilmiş, duvar görsellerinin bölgede gelişen siyasi ve dinî olaylarla bağı ortaya konulmuştur.</p></abstract>
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                            <p>The architectural patronage of the Mkhargrdzeli family sheds light on the ecclesial, political, and social milieu of medieval Anatolia and Caucasia. The depiction of Pope Sylvester I in the churches of Ani St Gregorios of Tigran Honents (1215-1225) in Turkey and Akhtala (1205-1213) in Armenia are instances. The presence of the only two depictions of Sylvester I in the churches related to the Mkhargrdzeli family in the region must be clarified. Why is the pope pictured on the holiest wall of the church? On the one hand, the Christians of this region realized that the Christianity of Prester John was in vain, and on the other hand, the Christians of the West were compelled to reach out for help, in the East, against the empowered Muslims. In this context, the architectural patronage of the Mkhargrdzeli family gives insight into the conflicts and agreements of the period. In conclusion, having analyzed written sources and archaeological data, new suggestions are proposed to explain the presence of the figure of Sylvester I in the churches of the Mkhargrdzeli family and the relations of the wall paintings to the political and ecclesial developments that are revealed.</p></trans-abstract>
                                                            
            
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                                                    <kwd>Mkhargrdzeli</kwd>
                                                    <kwd>  I. Sylvester</kwd>
                                                    <kwd>  Aydınlatıcı Aziz Gregorios</kwd>
                                                    <kwd>  Anadolu</kwd>
                                                    <kwd>  Kafkasya</kwd>
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                                                    <kwd>Mkhargrdzeli</kwd>
                                                    <kwd>  Sylvester I</kwd>
                                                    <kwd>  St Gregory the Illuminator</kwd>
                                                    <kwd>  Anatolia</kwd>
                                                    <kwd>  Caucasia</kwd>
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