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CNAA / Theses / 2022 / May /

The liturgical clothing of Metropolitan Gavriil Bănulescu-Bodoni and the necropolis of Căpriana Monastery. Archaeology, research, conservation-restoration


Author: Gugeanu Mariana
Degree:doctor of history
Speciality: 07.00.06 - Archaeology
Year:2022
Scientific adviser: Gheorghe Postică
doctor habilitat, professor, Free International University of Moldova
Institution: Moldova State University

Status

The thesis was presented on the 20 May, 2022
Approved by NCAA on the 30 September, 2022

Abstract

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Thesis

CZU [902/904:271.22(478)](043.3)

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268 pages

Summary

Structure of thesis: Introduction, four chapters, general conclusions and recommendations, bibliography of 149 titles, 126 pages of text, annexes. The obtained results are published in 25 scientific papers.

Purpose of thesis: it consists in the research, safeguarding and valorising the liturgical clothing of Metropolitan Gavriil Bănulescu-Bodoni by means of a multidisciplinary innovative study based on the conservation and restoration of the archaeological textiles discovered within the High Hierarch's crypt from the Assumption of the Virgin Mary Church of Căpriana Monastery.

Objectives of research: establishing the archaeological dimension of Căpriana Monastery and the main stages of development; analysis, classification and ranging of the archaeological textiles discovered in the necropolis of Căpriana Monastery into Mediaeval women's and men's costumes; elaboration of the archaeological study on the crypt of Metropolitan Gavriil Bănulescu Bodoni; elaboration of the methodological plan for the scientific research and conservation-restoration of Metropolitan Gavriil Bănulescu Bodoni's liturgical archaeological textiles; establishing the state of conservation and the effective conservation-restoration of Metropolitan Gavriil Bănulescu Bodoni's liturgical archaeological textiles; determination of historical-documentary and cultural-scientific value of Metropolitan Gavriil Bănulescu Bodoni's liturgical archaeological textiles; elaboration of the concept for museum valorisation of the liturgical archaeological clothing that belonged to Metropolitan Gavriil Bănulescu Bodoni.

Scientific novelty and originality: the proposed research has a particular significance especially as it is a pioneering one, representing the first systematic scientific investigation in the field of the conservation and restoration of the archaeological textile heritage in the Republic of Moldova.

Obtained scientific results: conservation, restoration and museum valorisation of the archaeological liturgical clothing that belonged to Metropolitan Gavriil Bănulescu Bodoni. Theoretical significance: it consists in the valorisation of a theme focused on the research, conservation and restoration of archaeological textiles.

Application value: this work could be useful to both specialists in the museum field, and in the university sector in the fields: history, archaeology, textile art, textile industry.

Implementation of results: various aspects of the approached topics were presented in conferences, symposia and colloquia, both national and international, and published in 25 scientific papers (2 guidebooks, 16 articles in scientific reviews, 3 articles in scientific volumes and 4 abstracts).