A pisanie is an architectural elements, that consists of an inscription carved in stone, wood, metal, painted, etc., on the top of tombs or above the main door at the entrance in a church, in which are recorded information about the church, the donator, the founder, the builder, the data when the church was built etc.
The inscription usually includes a religious invocation, the name of the founder or founders, the date of construction, the motivation of the building, the circumstances of the time and other data.
The term comes from the
Church Slavonic language
Church Slavonic (, , literally "Church-Slavonic language"), also known as Church Slavic, New Church Slavonic or New Church Slavic, is the conservative Slavic liturgical language used by the Eastern Orthodox Church in Belarus, Bosnia and Herzeg ...
and many churches and monasteries have the inscription written using the
Cyrillic script.
Gallery
File:Mănăstirea Vorona20.jpg, Stone carved pisanie of the Vorona Monastery
Vorona Monastery is an Orthodox Monastery in Romania, situated on the territory of Vorona commune (Botoșani County). It is set amidst a forest 2 km away from Vorona village. It is listed as a historic monument by Romania's Ministry of Cultur ...
( Vorona, Botoșani County, Romania)
File:Floresteni GJ.bislemn.pisanie iconostas.jpg, The painted pisanie of Wooden Floreșteni Church
Wood is a porous and fibrous structural tissue found in the stems and roots of trees and other woody plants. It is an organic materiala natural composite of cellulose fibers that are strong in tension and embedded in a matrix of lignin tha ...
(Gorj County
Gorj County () is a county ( județ) of Romania, in Oltenia, with its capital city at Târgu Jiu. ''Gorj'' comes from the Slavic ''Gor(no)-'' Jiu (“upper Jiu”), in contrast with Dolj (“lower Jiu”).
Demographics
In 2011, the county had a ...
, Romania)
File:Biserica de lemn din Bilca4.jpg, Wooden carved pisanie of the Wooden Bilca Church
Wood is a porous and fibrous structural tissue found in the stems and roots of trees and other woody plants. It is an organic materiala natural composite of cellulose fibers that are strong in tension and embedded in a matrix of lignin tha ...
(Bilca
Bilca (german: Bilka) is a commune located in Suceava County, Romania
Romania ( ; ro, România ) is a country located at the crossroads of Central Europe, Central, Eastern Europe, Eastern, and Southeast Europe, Southeastern Europe. It bord ...
, Suceava County
Suceava County () is a county ('' ro, județ'') of Romania. Most of its territory lies in the southern part of the historical region of Bukovina, while the remainder forms part of Western Moldavia proper.
The county seat is the historical town ...
, Romania), dated in the year 7252 of the Byzantine calendar
The Byzantine calendar, also called the Roman calendar, the Creation Era of Constantinople or the Era of the World ( grc, Ἔτη Γενέσεως Κόσμου κατὰ Ῥωμαίους, also or , abbreviated as ε.Κ.; literal translation of ...
The pisanie of the Antim Monastery Church.jpg, The pisanie of the Antim Monastery Church, in Bucharest (Romania)
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