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Todić 1998

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Branislav Todić, Srpsko slikarstvo u dobra kralja Milutina (Beograd 1998).

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Actors (1)
Name Class Begin End Relation Type Description
Dragoslavь Jovanь Person Mentioned in several sources from 1288/1289 to 1314/1315 or 1318/1321. Sluga 1288/1289, kaznac 1300, veliki kaznac 1314/1315. He was married to Jelena. His son was Staniša. He had a daughter called Ana. Dragoslav first served the Serbian King Stefan Uroš II Milutin as sluga. The charter for the city of Dubrovnik from 1288/1289 was signed by the king in Prizren also in the presence of Dragoslav (A tu imь milostь stvori kralevstvo mi u Prizrene u grade, a stranь kralevstva mi beše sluga Dragoslavь i Budislavь Hvalьčikь). In 1300 Dragoslav appears in the charter of the Serbian King Stefan Uroš II Milutin for the Monastery of Saint George-Gorg near Skopje bearing the title of kaznac. His mother of law was in possession of the abandoned vineyard Mavrovo in Butelь and gave it to Dragoslav. He donated it to the Monastery of Saint George-Gorg (I Dragoslavь kaznьcь dade ōt tьst᾿nine si vinogradište Mavrovo u Buteli). He is mentioned as kaznac in the area of Sušica between 1300 and 1318/1321 in the colophone of the gospel, which was copied by a certain anagnost Radin from Nagoričino in Žegligovo (Začeše se i sьvrьšiše se sь božijeju pomoštiju v dьni kralě Uroša, i pri klalici Simonidě, i pri kaznьci Dragoslavě i kaznьčici kira Jelelě, ōbladajuštu kaznьcu Sušiceju, jegi se kralь razmiri z grьki, v lěto ōt· i· i· sotno jenьdikto ·le· a drugo i ne uznahь koje bi lěto). In the inscription from the 1314/1315, which was located above the western entrance of the now destroyed Church of the Virgin Hodegetria in Mušutište, is Jovan Dragoslav bearing the title of grand kaznac described as ktetor. He founded the church together with his wife Jelena, son Staniša and daughter Ana (Poče se: i sьzda se: božьstvьni, i vsečstnii hramь prěčistie vladičice naše bogorodice ōdigitrie: is temelna va dan prěvisokago kralě Uroša sь trudomь i sь pospešeniemь Iōvana velikago kaznca Dragoslava sь Elenomь sь podružjemь svoimь i Stanišomь synomь si i sь Anomь dьšteriju si vь lěto 6823 endikta 20).
Artifacts (1)
Name Class Description
Icon of the Saints Peter and Paul, Rome, Vatican Artifact The icon of the Saints Peter and Paul was a gift to the Basilica of Saint Peter in Rome by the Serbian Queen Jelena Anžujska (ca. 1230-1314, a nun at that time) and her sons Milutin and Dragutin probably after 1282. In the lower register of the icon, Jelena is represented with the Pope, while her sons Dragutin and Milutin are painted on the sides. It is known that Queen Jelena corresponded with Pope Nicholas IV (1288-1292), who was the head of the Roman Church at the beginning of the last decade of the 13th century. It is believed that it was during his pontificate that the icon was created and then sent to him as a present. A few decades after the arrival of the icon in Rome, there was a belief that it was actually an icon that Pope Sylvester I (314-335) had given to the Byzantine Emperor Constantine the Great (reigned 324-337) at the beginning of the 4th century. Conditioned by this belief, a second layer of painting was placed over it in the 16th century (in 1535) by Leonardo of Pistoia. Then the figure of Queen Jelena was replaced by the figure of Emperor Constantine, and the figures of the Serbian Kings Milutin and Dragutin were transformed into "Greek nobles". On this occasion, an icon frame was added. In 1941 Pimen Sofronov (1898/99-1973) restored the icon, when the younger layer from the 16th century was removed and the icon regained its appearance from the end of the 13th century. The icon is still kept today in the treasury of the the Basilica of Saint Peter in Rome.
Places (1)
Name Class Begin End Description
Peć, Church of the Holy Apostles (The Patriarchate of Peć) Place The Church of the Holy Apostles is situated in the city of Peć. It was built by Archbishop Arsenije I in the middle of the 13th century (even though an inscription on one of the frescoes from the 14th century states that St. Sava initiated the construction). In time, as other buildings erected next to this Church, its shape changed so the original appearance of the Holy Apostles cannot be reliably reconstructed. The Church belongs to the Raška style and was a seat of Archbishopric (after it was moved from the Žiča Monastery) and later raised to the rank of Patriarchate (1346-1766). The Church was built on the grounds of an older three nave basilica which was reconstructed and modified to a single nave edifice with a dome and an apse with proskomidia and diakonikon. Side naves became chapels. Nave was elongated and suitable for liturgical purposes. Along its Western part there were once chapels (paracclesions) which were demolished in the 14th century. Today it is a space of rectangular base with a semicircular vault. Similar solutions are to found in Pridvorica and Davidovica. Along the South wall of the central bay is a sarcophagus which once housed the remains of Archbishop Arsenije I. Another sarcophagus in the South-West corner of the Church kept the relics of Joanikije II, the first patriarch of the Patriarchate in Peć. The tomb of Archbishop Sava II is located between these two sarcophagi, also placed along the South wall. The Church was fresco decorated in the 13th century. Western part of the Church was decorated in the time of King Milutin, marking the beginning of a new style, that of the 14th century.