DOI Artikel:
Biernacki, Andrzej B.; Skoczylas, Janusz: The classification of rock material in juxtaposition with the typology of capitals in Novae
DOI Seite / Zitierlink: https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.41865#0199
Andrzej В. Biernacki
Janusz Skoczylas
Poznań
THE CLAS8IFICATION OF ROCK MATERIAŁ
IN JUXTAPOSITION WITH THE TYPOLOGY OF CAPITALS
IN NOVAE
The Polish-Bulgarian research of the legionary camp and the later Roman
and early Byzantine city of Novae, which has been continuing for morę than
forty years, has yielded an extremely rich and valuable corpus of sources. The
variety of archeological source materiał combined with the comprehensive ap-
proach to field work and subseąuent research, has madę it possible to launch a
number of interdisciplinary studies which bring together archeology, history,
geology and architecture.1 Representatives of these branches of leaming make
up the research team of the Polish Archeological Expedition of the Adam Mic-
kiewicz University (Uniwersytet im. Adama Mickiewicza) in Poznań, which has
been working in the area of Novae for 32 years. The present paper is a result of
their interdisciplinary efforts.
The paper describes a comparative investigation of architectural elements and
details from Novae, conducted by archeologists, architects and geologists. This
comparative analysis, which was the first of its kind covering such extensive
materiał, madę it possible to draw certain morę generał conclusions and to for-
mulate several postulates as a basis for further research.
Among the 1386 architectural elements and details from Novae covered by
the macroscopic petrographic studies of rock materiał were Tuscan and Ionic-
Roman capitals. The architectural elements were classified according to their
typological and stylistic characteristics.2
A juxtaposition of characteristics recorded during the petrographic and archi-
tectural-and-stylistic studies with the dates of the Latin and Greek inscriptions
on the architectural elements and details yields several conclusions.3 The earliest
identified instances of applying local rock materiał to produce stone pedestals in
Novae, are dated to after AD 70. They began with oolitic limestone, whose phys-
ical characteristics are markedly worse than those of crumbly limestone. Around
AD 90, the slightly superior local crumbly limestone started to be applied. An-
other reason behind the increased demand for the latter materiał was that it could
be easily encountered in the area of Novae, occurring principally in the valleys
Janusz Skoczylas
Poznań
THE CLAS8IFICATION OF ROCK MATERIAŁ
IN JUXTAPOSITION WITH THE TYPOLOGY OF CAPITALS
IN NOVAE
The Polish-Bulgarian research of the legionary camp and the later Roman
and early Byzantine city of Novae, which has been continuing for morę than
forty years, has yielded an extremely rich and valuable corpus of sources. The
variety of archeological source materiał combined with the comprehensive ap-
proach to field work and subseąuent research, has madę it possible to launch a
number of interdisciplinary studies which bring together archeology, history,
geology and architecture.1 Representatives of these branches of leaming make
up the research team of the Polish Archeological Expedition of the Adam Mic-
kiewicz University (Uniwersytet im. Adama Mickiewicza) in Poznań, which has
been working in the area of Novae for 32 years. The present paper is a result of
their interdisciplinary efforts.
The paper describes a comparative investigation of architectural elements and
details from Novae, conducted by archeologists, architects and geologists. This
comparative analysis, which was the first of its kind covering such extensive
materiał, madę it possible to draw certain morę generał conclusions and to for-
mulate several postulates as a basis for further research.
Among the 1386 architectural elements and details from Novae covered by
the macroscopic petrographic studies of rock materiał were Tuscan and Ionic-
Roman capitals. The architectural elements were classified according to their
typological and stylistic characteristics.2
A juxtaposition of characteristics recorded during the petrographic and archi-
tectural-and-stylistic studies with the dates of the Latin and Greek inscriptions
on the architectural elements and details yields several conclusions.3 The earliest
identified instances of applying local rock materiał to produce stone pedestals in
Novae, are dated to after AD 70. They began with oolitic limestone, whose phys-
ical characteristics are markedly worse than those of crumbly limestone. Around
AD 90, the slightly superior local crumbly limestone started to be applied. An-
other reason behind the increased demand for the latter materiał was that it could
be easily encountered in the area of Novae, occurring principally in the valleys