Аn architectural workshop from the 2nd decade of the 15th century in the border regions of Bulgaria and Serbia
The Monastery of St. John Theologian near Pirot (Poganovo), best known for the icon of Miracle of Latomos (now in Sofia) and wall decoration from the end of the 15th century, was well examined and treated by conservators as a building complex, but is still insufficiently studied. The time o...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | Bulgarian |
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Institute for Byzantine Studies of the Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts
2013-01-01
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| Series: | Zbornik Radova Vizantološkog Instituta |
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| Online Access: | http://www.doiserbia.nb.rs/img/doi/0584-9888/2013/0584-98881302811S.pdf |
| Summary: | The Monastery of St. John Theologian near Pirot (Poganovo), best known for
the icon of Miracle of Latomos (now in Sofia) and wall decoration from the
end of the 15th century, was well examined and treated by conservators as a
building complex, but is still insufficiently studied. The time of the
creation of the monument and the identity of its founders, Constantine and
Helena, whose names were engraved on the west facade, were variously
interpreted, and the largest number of scholars were of the opinion that they
were Constantine Dragaš (Dejanović) and his daughter Helena, wife of Emperor
Manuel II (1391-1425). However, the persons in questions were members of the
nobility of despotes Stefan, who got these areas from Sultan Mehmed I, after
the Battle near Sofia in 1413. Architectural drawings and watercolors made by
architects Mihailo Valtrović and Dragutin Milutinović, who visited the area
around Trn after its liberation from Turkish rule in 1877-1878, made it
possible to detect relationships with other monuments in the valley of Jerma,
the Monastery of Archangel Michael in Trn and the Monastery of the Virgin in
Mislovštica. Characteristic features of these churches - seven-sided dome and
a manner of construction with stone, brick and mortar in the distinctive
decorative type that cannot be found elsewhere - show that they were built by
the same masters, members of an architectural workshop, in the second decade
of the 15th century. [Projekat Ministarstva nauke Republike Srbije, br.
177032: Tradicija, inovacija i identitet u vizantijskom svetu] |
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| ISSN: | 0584-9888 2406-0917 |