The history of research on the iconography of Nerezi frescoes

The article considers chronologically the publications on the iconography of wall paintings in St. Panteleimon church at Nerezi. Special attention is paid to the work by G. Babic (1966), who was the first to point out the connection of the program of this ensemble with the questions discussed at the Constantinopolitan councils of 1156-1157. In doing this she established the direction of research for many later authors, including the author of the recent monograph on Nerezi I. Sinkevic (2000). A new trend is set by the article of N. Patterson Sevcenko (2002), in which for the first time the emphasis is shift ed from the Acts of the Councils to the Comnenian monastic foundation documents as a major source of information shedding light on the program of Nerezi frescoes.