Andrey L. Batalov^a,#

^a State Institute of Art Studies, Moscow, Russia

^#E-mail: batal-bei@yandex.ru

Keywords: undersize brick, pillarless churches, groin vault, white stone, Dmitry Ivanovich Godunov, Moscow.

The article focuses on the construction history of the Moscow Church of St. Nicetas the Martyr in the trans-Yauza area. The author analyzes materials of restoration studies of 1952–1959. On their basis, it is concluded that the nave of the church, including a white stone basement and walls made of undersize bricks, is related to the construction of the second half of the 16th century. For unknown reasons, around 1595 the temple was rebuilt above the level of the portals using uncommon for that time bricks, similar in a stretcher and bed size to the classic undersized ones from the period of Ivan IV, but thicker.

DOI: 10.31857/S0869606322030023