Borsa: Biserica de lemn "Sfinții Arhangheli Mihail și Gavriil”
Also named: Biserica de lemn din Borșa din Jos.
The "Archangelic Saints" wooden church is located in the central part of Borsa. The wooden church was rebuilt after 1717 because the former worship place suffered from the invasion of the Tartars in 1717.
The church has a craggy polygonal apse, a nave of rectangular shape, above which there is an elevated semi cylindrical vault. The pronaos is rolled up, and above it there is the belfry tower with a square base, with arcade in the arcade and a slender fleece. The church has a double-sided shingle roof. On the west façade there is an open-plan, upstairs porch. The porch has elegant arches, made of carved arches, fixed by wooden nails at the meeting with the crown and the supporting pillars. The parapet is made of perforated boards with fish and circle patterns. The entrance door has its top arched by cutting the beams, supporting the lateral lugs.
Very valuable is the interior painting made by anonymous craftsmen in the second half of the eighteenth century. The iconostasis, the royal icons and the heart-shaped medallions stand out. The church also preserves a beautiful wooden candlestick, numerous wooden icons with golden background, engraved with leaf decorations and numerous prints, showing the intense ties that this town had with the cultural centers of Wallachia and Moldavia.
The mural decoration dating from 1775, is the work of a painter whose works have little connection to the tradition in the area of Maramureş. The iconographic program is different from the other Maramures paintings.
On the vault of the nave are depicted the Holy Trinity, the Ascension of the Virgin and the Four Evangelists, the rest of the space being covered by many angels in the clouds.
In the altar there are disparate scenes, of which only some specific of this room: Jesus-Viţă de Vie, Jesus in the Cup, St. Peter's vision in Alexandria (Eucharistic themes) and the Annunciation; besides these, there appear St. John the Baptist and St. Nicholas in two scenes. In the series of saints hierarchs are intercalated military saints. A scene from the "Old Testament" is presented: the prophet Nathan rebukes King David.
The program of the nave illustrates a passion wall on the wall, and the other wonders and wonders. Of the passions, ten more important episodes are chosen; the painter respects the locals' preference for certain scenes, such as "Judas receiving the money from the three archbishops". The Temple of the Western Wall depicts in the center the protective Mother of God, framed by the Ascension of Saint Elijah and a Holly Saint, and in the next book, two themes from the cycle of the great feasts - the Resurrection of Lazarus and the Resurrection of Jesus - between which Saint Eustatius the cross between the horns.
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Borsa: Biserica de lemn "Sfinții Arhangheli Mihail și Gavriil”
Also named: Biserica de lemn din Borșa din Jos.
The "Archangelic Saints" wooden church is located in the central part of Borsa. The wooden church was rebuilt after 1717 because the former worship place suffered from the invasion of the Tartars in 1717.
The church has a craggy polygonal apse, a nave of rectangular shape, above which there is an elevated semi cylindrical vault. The pronaos is rolled up, and above it there is the belfry tower with a square base, with arcade in the arcade and a slender fleece. The church has a double-sided shingle roof. On the west façade there is an open-plan, upstairs porch. The porch has elegant arches, made of carved arches, fixed by wooden nails at the meeting with the crown and the supporting pillars. The parapet is made of perforated boards with fish and circle patterns. The entrance door has its top arched by cutting the beams, supporting the lateral lugs.
Very valuable is the interior painting made by anonymous craftsmen in the second half of the eighteenth century. The iconostasis, the royal icons and the heart-shaped medallions stand out. The church also preserves a beautiful wooden candlestick, numerous wooden icons with golden background, engraved with leaf decorations and numerous prints, showing the intense ties that this town had with the cultural centers of Wallachia and Moldavia.
The mural decoration dating from 1775, is the work of a painter whose works have little connection to the tradition in the area of Maramureş. The iconographic program is different from the other Maramures paintings.
On the vault of the nave are depicted the Holy Trinity, the Ascension of the Virgin and the Four Evangelists, the rest of the space being covered by many angels in the clouds.
In the altar there are disparate scenes, of which only some specific of this room: Jesus-Viţă de Vie, Jesus in the Cup, St. Peter's vision in Alexandria (Eucharistic themes) and the Annunciation; besides these, there appear St. John the Baptist and St. Nicholas in two scenes. In the series of saints hierarchs are intercalated military saints. A scene from the "Old Testament" is presented: the prophet Nathan rebukes King David.
The program of the nave illustrates a passion wall on the wall, and the other wonders and wonders. Of the passions, ten more important episodes are chosen; the painter respects the locals' preference for certain scenes, such as "Judas receiving the money from the three archbishops". The Temple of the Western Wall depicts in the center the protective Mother of God, framed by the Ascension of Saint Elijah and a Holly Saint, and in the next book, two themes from the cycle of the great feasts - the Resurrection of Lazarus and the Resurrection of Jesus - between which Saint Eustatius the cross between the horns.
More on:
www.flickr.com/photos/134469298@N03/44667894995/in/album-...