- Gnezdovo Inscription by Great Soviet Encyclopedia
... It consists of the single word goroushna, in modern Russian gorchitsa (mustard), scratched on the surface of a previously fired clay vessel.REFERENCEAvdusin, D. A. “Gnezdovskaia korchaga.” In the collection Drevnieslaviane I ikh sosedi. Moscow, 1970.
- Artistic Vessel by Great Soviet Encyclopedia
... utilitarian functions and the stable unity of an object’s form and decoration.The various types of Russian artistic vessels include the baklaga, bratina, endova, kvasnik, kovsh, korchaga, kumanets, kumgan, skopkar’, stopa, ftiaga, chara, and charka.
- Vessel, Artistic by Great Soviet Encyclopedia
... utilitarian functions and the stable unity of an object’s form and decoration.The various types of Russian artistic vessels include the baklaga, bratina, endova, kvasnik, kovsh, korchaga, kumanets, kumgan, skopkar’, stopa, ftiaga, chara, and charka.
- Epigraphy by Great Soviet Encyclopedia
... tenth century, was found on a korchaga (rounded vessel) in one of the Gnezdovo barrows ( see GNEZDOVO INSCRIPTION). Old Russian epigraphy from the 11th century is represented by inscriptions on stones, cathedral walls (including the walls of the Cathedral of St. Sophia in Kiev), and religious articles.Epigraphic texts of the peoples of Southeast Asia and Central ...