Vladimir V. Sedov

Institute of Archaeology RAS, Moscow, Russia

E-mail: sedov1960@mail.ru

Keywords: architecture, Novgorod, Moscow, Pskov, Aristotele Fioravanti, iron roofs, influences, Assumption Cathedral, medieval masters.

The article is an attempt to explain the chronicle record on the work of Novgorod masters in the construction of the roof of the Assumption Cathedral in the Moscow Kremlin in 1479. It is assumed that Novgorod masters were among the first to embrace the iron roof construction, which is why they were called to Moscow. This happened immediately after the conquest of Novgorod by the Grand Prince of Moscow in 1478. The author also analyzes chronicle records on iron roofs in Pskov in the 1460s. It is suggested that Pskov was an intermediary: initially, similar roof technology, which had arrived from German lands, was used in Pskov, later they began to construct iron roofs in Novgorod. It is from there that iron roof came to Moscow together with masters. Later, iron roofs became common for the Moscow state of the 16th–17th centuries.

DOI: 10.31857/S0869606325030192