Описание Мангупа-Феодоро в поэме иеромонаха Матфея

Abstract

The contents of the work of celibate priest Matthew “Weeping over the City of Theodora” who shared his impressions about the city on the plateau of Mangup, the capital of Theodora principality, ravaged by the army of Tamerlane. Despite a specific genre of the narration (monody), astute observations were made concerning the position of the city, the locations of its separate objects. The main stages of Matthew’s route can be restored from Yalta through mountain ridge Yajia to the bay of Akhtiar-Sevemaya, then to Mangup-Theodora and then on the territory of the dty. The author mentioned the ascending road, the main cHy gates and the church over them, water sources, the garden in Taban-Dere canyon in the central part of the plateau, the dtadel on the cape of Teshkii-Burun, cave constructions. “Weeping” provides researchers with the information on the situation in Taurica during the last five year of the 14th century.