Dating of Ancient Icons from Kiev Art Collections

Dating of Ancient Icons from Kiev Art Collections

Icon painting in the Ukraine is rooted in the Byzantine culture, after the conversion to the Christian religion. During the medieval epoch, Kiev became the artistic center for highly skilled icon painters. The icons were painted on wooden boards, specially made for this purpose. Historic dating of s...

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Veröffentlicht in:Radiocarbon 2001, Vol.43 (2B), p.1065-1075
Hauptverfasser: Kovalyukh, N, van der Plicht, J, Possnert, G, Skripkin, V, Chlenova, L
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
D. Archaeology
Dating
Excavation and methods
II. Our ‘Wet’ Environment
Laboratory methods
Methodology and general studies
Prehistory and protohistory
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Zusammenfassung:Icon painting in the Ukraine is rooted in the Byzantine culture, after the conversion to the Christian religion. During the medieval epoch, Kiev became the artistic center for highly skilled icon painters. The icons were painted on wooden boards, specially made for this purpose. Historic dating of some even well-known icons is uncertain or not precise. Here we present for the first time radiocarbon dates for selected icons. Both liquid scintillation counting (LSC) and accelerator mass spectrometry (AMS) dating methods were applied, allowing intercomparison.
ISSN:0033-8222
1945-5755
DOI:10.1017/S0033822200041722