Several unknown photographs commissioned by the National Archaeological Museum, Sofia in the 1920s underlie this study, part of a long-lost Nessebar iconostasis, shedding new light on Nessebar’s cultural heritage and in particular on the fate of a huge amount of extant icons. The abundant photographic archive contains information of all the iconostases preserved until the early 20th century and of how icons were arranged on them. 

Table ot contents

Introduction

Nessebar’s artistic heritage over the ages

The icons and their preservation

Nessebar’s heritage in the photo archives of the National Museum

Reconstruction of the iconostases

St. John the Baptist church

St. Stephen church (New Metropolitanate cathedral)

St. Theodore church

St. Paraskevi church

St. George the Lesser church

Ascension church

St. George the Greater church

Virgin Ponolytria church (St. Spyridion)

Some conclusions instead of final

Abbreviations

Bibliography

Archives

По пътя на несебърските икони

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