The archaeological expedition led by Vl. V. Sedov discovered thousands of fragments the original painting around 1130 in St George Cathedral Yuriev Monastery Novgorod during 2013–2020. Recent finds remarkable frescoes Monastery, as well Church Annunciation on Hillfort from beginning 12th century, significantly expand traditional understanding early art Veliky Novgorod. These murals allow us to ...

We introduce a statistical model for dynamic network analysis and we apply it to Sampson’s longitudinal collection of the sociometric relation trust, among 18 novices in a monastery (Sampson, 1968). A preliminary analysis offers a suggestive characterization of the social dynamics that led to the collapse of the congregation—purportedly over religious differences. Such a characterization provid...

This work focuses on the peculiar alterations found on various canvases from the refectory of the Carthusian monastery in Granada. The works studied were by the Baroque painter from Granada, Juan Sanchez-Cotin. During the study, the biological origin of these alterations was confirmed as being due to the products excreted by vespertilionid chiroptera, which roost in the summer on the corner bra...

The literature on social networks and their analysis has undergone explosive growth in the past decade. Network models have been used to study structures as diverse as the interaction of monks in a monastery, the links across theWorldWideWeb, and the structure of organizations. In much of this literature the network itself is viewed as the object of interest, and models are used to elucidate it...

The status of Jewish identity in cases conversion to another religion is a contentious issue and was brought the forefront public attention with 1962 court case Oswald Rufeisen, convert Christianity known as Br. Daniel, which led shift way that state Israel defines for purposes citizenship. At same time, however, test conflicting interpretations after playing out Rufeisen’s own monastery, hidde...

The authors analyzed the fortification features of exceptional monuments Russian stone-brick defensive architecture in Western Siberia late 17th – first half 18th centuries: Kremlin Tobolsk together with Sophia and Gostiny Dvors, Verkhoturye, Monastery Dalmatovo. We paid attention to stages their construction, tried clarify time construction. method analysis graphic materials (fixation plans pr...

The article is devoted to the analysis and deciphering of ancestral Commemoration Book Malyuta Skuratov from death-bills Joseph-Volokolamsky Monastery. This material compared with other Books Novodevichy Convent Trinity-St. Sergius improves knowledge about genealogy relations within Belsky clan. has regular features that can help decipher synodic records.

analysis, both in the tradition of discrete mathematics and in the tradition of statistical inference, have for a long time focused mainly on single (i.e., cross-sectional) methods of analysis. Important early longitudinal network studies were those by Nordlie (1958) and Newcomb (1961) who studied friendships in a college fraternity based on the empirical data collected; Coleman's (1961) Adoles...

This paper presents the project of the virtual reconstruction and inspection of the "Portalada", the entrance of the Ripoll Monastery. In a first step, the monument of 7 x 11 meters was acquired using triangulation laser scanning technology, producing a dataset of more than 2000 range maps for a total of more than one billion triangles. After alignment and registration, a nearly complete digita...

ADOLESCENT OFFSPRING IN THE HIGH MIDDLE AGES Relationships between parents and adolescents during the high Middle Ages were often marked by separation as young people left their families to be married, join a monastery, or pursue an education through apprenticeship in arms or a craft or at the newly formed universities. The relative independence of young people in the Middle Ages has led some s...