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Babiḱ 1971

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ID 1442
System Class Bibliography
Bibliography Book
Case Study Historical Region of Macedonia TIB 16 , Byzantino-Serbian Border Zones in Transition (1282–1355)

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Boško Babiḱ, Kratok pregled na spomenicite na kulturata na Prilep i prilepskiot kraj (Prilep 1971).

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Actors (1)
Name Class Begin End Relation Type Description
Misinopolites (Demetrios) Person Mentioned in the first (1334/1336), second and third charter (1343/1345) of the Serbian King Stefan Uroš IV Dušan for the Monastery of Treskavec. At his disposal was a nearly 9 hectare large estate, which lay – according to the context of the charter – in the vicinity of the estates of the Byzantine emperor and was sold by Misinopolites to the Monastery of Treskavec at an unknown date (kupenica ōtь Misinopolita u carevě zevьgelatii, kьblomь .r.). He was the donor of the Church of St. Demetrius in the east of the medieval lower town of Prilep (today Varoš). He sponsored the renovation and the painted decoration of this church. It is uncertain, whether the preserved portrait of the donor in the church itself and the donor inscription [δέ(ησις) τοῦ δού[λου] τοῦ θ(εο)ῦ Δημητρίου τοῦ Μησηνοπολήτου καὶ κτήτορ(ος) τοῦ ναοῦ] in the southern aisle of the western part of the church attest the Misinopolites or his son.
Places (4)
Name Class Begin End Description
Prilep, Church of St. Nicholas Place Single-nave church in the very heart of the medieval lower town of Prilep (today Varoš). Most probably erected in the second half of the 12th century on the site of Slavonic secular buildings from the 11th century. Frescoes from the second half of the 12th century and from 1298. The church of Saint Nicholas is mentioned as part of a boundary description of the property of the Metochion of the two Saint Theodores in the town of Prilep (počinae megja ōdь Barovu crьkvь, ōdь Svetogo Nikole, ta uzь dolь ōbьjemljušte Svetye (!) Petku, ōpirajušte do Svetago Georьgija, vьshodešte na Nakovalьnu, ōbьjemljušte Varnavu, ōpirajušte na Dubnicu do krьsta, ōbьjemljušte ... uši ishodešte izь Trěskavьca putь gradьsky, paky do crьkovь Barovu, ōbьjemljušte crьkovь Prodromovu).
Prilep, Sveti Dimitrie Place The church lies in the east of the former medieval lower town of Prilep (today Varoš). It formed an integral part of the town's medieval main square and was erected in several phases from the 12th until the 14th century. The original building was a small one-nave church (second half of the 12th century). In 1284 the whole church was decorated with new frescoes. A fundamental reconstruction was undertaken in the middle of the 14th century. Two frescoes of donors from the 14th century are preserved (one depicting Dimitrije Misinopolit, a representative of a famous noble family in Prilep). Stefan Uroš IV Dušan donated the Metochion of Saint Demetrius with its fields, vineyards and watermills as well as with its fair in the year 1334/35 (Metohь Svetii Dimitrїe u Prilěpě, što priložihu Misinopolitova dětьca, sь nivijemь i sь vinogradi i sь voděnicami i sь Kučьkověne selištemь i sь panagiromь i sь vьseju pravinoju togo). King Stefan Uroš IV Dušan confirmed the donation of the Metochion of Saint Demetrius in the town of Prilep with the fair, vineyards and the watermill in 1343/44 (Vь gradě motohь Svetyi Dimitrie Misinopolitivь panagirь zadušnica Misinopolitovihь dětei sь nivijemь, sь vinogrady, sь voděnicijemь, sь vsěmi pravinami). In the year 1344/45 the King confirmed the donation of the Metochion of Saint Demetrius with vineyards and a mill to the monastery of Treskavec (Metohь Svetyi Dimitrïe u Prilěpě s niviemь, sь vinogradi, sь mlini i sь vsěmi pravinami).
Prilep, Sveti Petar Place In the Western part of the medieval lower town of Prilep (today Varoš). Its architectural style is similar to the one of the Church Sveti Nikola in Prilep. At an unknown date the height of the church was significantly reduced. Traces of frescoes of the 14th (?) century.
Sveti Nikola Place King Stefan Uroš IV Dušan donated the Metochion of Saint Nicholas to the Monastery of Treskavec (Metohь u Prěspě u Ljuboině, Svety Nikola, što Pridade Nikola arhijepiskupь, sь vsěmi pravinami).