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Dedicatory inscription above the southern doors of the Church of St. Nicholas in Prilep

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ID	134158
System Class	Source
Source	Inscription
Case Study	The Process of Byzantinization in the Central Balkans (Late 10th – Mid-13th Century)
Provenance	Byzantine

3000 km

2000 mi

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Description

The dedicatory inscription provides the names of the donors - Vego Kapza and his wife Maria, personages not mentioned in other sources. The paintings were completed on November 17, 1298.

literature

Antonin, arkhimandrit 1879 — 346 , Babić 1969c — 29-30 , Babiḱ 1981a — 505-506 , Ivanov 1931 — 70 , Mesesnel 1938 — 44 , Mili͡ukov 1899 — 126 , Subotić/Miljković/Špadijer/Tot 2015 — 102–103

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Dedicatory inscription above the southern doors of the Church of St. Nicholas in Prilep	Source translation	ἀνϊγέρθει• ἐκ βάθρου• καὶ ἀνιστωρήθει ὁ θῆος καὶ ὁ πάνσεπτος ναὸς τοῦ ἐν ἁγίοις π(ατ)ρ(ὸ)ς ἡμῶν ἀρχηεράρχων (καὶ) θαυματουργοῦ Νϊκολάου δηὰ συνδρωμῆς (καὶ) κόπου Βέγου τοῦ Καπζᾶ καὶ τῆς συμβήου αὐτοῦ Μαρίας· ἐπὶ τῆς βασϊλείας Ἀνδρωνίκου τοῦ εὐσεβεστάτου βασϊλέος καὶ αὐτωκράτωρος ῾Ρωμέων Κομνινοῦ…
Dedicatory inscription above the southern doors of the Church of St. Nicholas in Prilep	Source translation	This divine and magnificent temple among the saints, dedicated to our archbishop and wonderworker Nicholas, was raised and adorned from its foundations through the efforts and labor of Vego Kapza and his wife Maria, during the reign of Andronikos, the pious autocrator basileus Romaion, Komninos…

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Name	Class	Begin	End	Relation Type	Description
Maria, wife of Vego Kapza	Person				The wife of Vego Kapza is mentioned in the inscription above the southern door of the Church of St. Nicholas in Prilep.
Vego Kapza	Person				Mentioned in the inscription above the southern doors of the Church of St. Nicholas in Prilep as a donor.

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Prilep, Church of Saint Nicholas	Place			Description The Church of St. Nicholas is located in the medieval lower town of Prilep (today Varoš). It is situated a few hundred meters away from the medieval marketplace, at the foot of the medieval fortress known as the "Markovi kuli." It is a small single-aisled building with an externally…

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