Properties
| ID | 124501 |
|---|---|
| System Class | Bibliography |
| Bibliography | Inbook |
| Case Study | Beyond East and West: Sacred Landscapes Duklja and Raška |
Description
Dragan Vojvodić/Miodrag Marković (eds.), Artistic heritage of the Serbian people in Kosovo and Metohija. History, identity, vulnerability, protection (Beograd 2017).
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Artifacts (7)
| Name | Class | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Bronze Icon from the Patriarchate of Peć | Artifact | The icon with the representation of the Virgin with the child Christ, of incongruous proportions, is probably the work of a provincial workshop. The gilded bronze icon of small dimensions (5.2 cm × 4.2 cm × 0.5 cm) was made for private use. It was stored in the cavity of the wall of the Church of the Holy Apostles in Peć, built and painted during the 13th century. Today, it is kept in the National Museum in Belgrade (no. 26_2261). |
| Epitaphios (burial shroud) of King Stefan Uroš II Milutin | Artifact | The burial shroud or epitaphios of King Milutin, from the Museum of Serbian Orthodox Church, is assumed to have been made for the Banjska Monastery, the Mausoleum of King Milutin. It is believed that this shroud (mound-shroud/burial sheet) was created in the first decades of the 14th century (or around 1300, or during the second decade of the 14th century, or immediately after the king's death in 1321). A representation of Christ, as if lying in his tomb, surrounded by angels and seraphims was made on red etles silk and velvet with gold and silver wire and silk threads. The inscription embroidered in the lower section of the shroud is in Slavonic stating that it was commissioned by the Serbian King Stefan Uroš II Milutin: "Remember, O God, the soul of your servant Milutin Uroš. Probably the masters of this mantle were of Greek origin, it is even linked to Constantinople workshops, and it was certainly made according to Byzantine patterns. The shroud of King Milutin is kept in the Museum of Serbian Orthodox Church in Belgrade, no. 4660. Prior to reaching the Museum it was kept in the Krušedol Monastery. |
| Hvostan Epitaphios (Burial Shroud) | Artifact | The Hvostan epitaphios (burial shroud) is called after the Monastery of the Mother of God in Hvosno, 20km to the North-East of the Patriarchate of Peć. Unlike any other medieval epitaphios made with the embroidery technique, this epitaphios was made by using painter's colors. It is considered to be the work of Byzantine masters and dates back to the 14th century. During Ottoman times the shroud was hidden beneath the ruins of the Church of the Mother of God in Hvosno and was discovered in the 20th century. Today it is kept in the treasury of the Patriarchate of Peć. |
| Monastery of Banjska, Sculpture of a Bird | Artifact | It cannot be determined with certainty, where the fragmentarily preserved part of the architectural sculptural decoration with the representation of a bird was located within the Church of St. Stephen in the Monastery of Banjska. The shape of the marble fragment suggests the possibility that it was part of an archivolt. Like the rest of the decoration, it is dated around 1315. Today it is kept in the National Museum in Belgrade (no. 26_2180). |
| Monastery of Banjska, Sculpture of the Virgin with Christ (the "Sokolica Virgin") | Artifact | The sculpture of the Virgin with Christ (called "Sokolica Virgin") comes from the Church of St. Stephen in the Monastery of Banjska near Zvečan. The church was built by the Serbian King Stefan Uroš II Milutin (reigned 1282-1321) between 1312 and 1316, when this marble sculpture was made in high relief. Initially, it was painted. The sculpture was placed in the lunette of the inner portal of the Church of St. Stephen, which was built according to the Church of the Virgin in the Monastery of Studenica. The "Sokolica Virgin" bears the characteristics of Romanesque sculptures that rarely adorned monuments in the region of Raška. The sculpture of the Virgin with Christ was found in 1920 in the church of the nearby Monastery of Sokolica, which is why it is called the "Sokolica Virgin". It is still kept in the Monastery of Sokolica. |
| Paraenesis of Ephrem the Syrian | Artifact | This is one of the oldest Serbian copies of the Paraenesis (" exhortation, advice"). Based on one of the records, it is known that the manuscript was written in 1337 by order of the first abbot of the Monastery of Dečani. The parchment manuscript is decorated with two headpieces and a large number of initials. In 1860 Serafim Ristić, an archimandrite from the Monastery of Dečani, gave it to the Society of Serbian Literature (today's Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts), in whose archives it is still kept under no. 60. Four folios are preserved in the National Library of Russia in Saint Petersburg (Гильф. 77). |
| Ring of Stefan Konstantin Nemanjić | Artifact | The seal ring of Stefan Konstantin Nemanjić is a gold ring with a representation of a double-headed eagle, discovered in a tomb of the Church of Saint Stephen in Banjska. According to the latest research, it is believed to have belonged to Konstantin, the younger son of the Serbian King Stefan Uroš II Milutin (reigned 1282-1321) and the brother of the Serbian King Stefan Uroš III Dečanski (reigned 1321-1331). The ring dates back to 1322, when Constantine tragically died under unknown circumstances. This seal ring has a decoration visible in three segments: on the head a double-headed eagle, around the neck an Old Serbian inscription "Ко га носи помози му Бог" ("May God help whoever wears it") and then a decoration along the ring. The skill of the work testifies to a goldsmith who worked in a Romano-Gothic artisan milieu, possibly in Italy. The ring is kept in the National Museum in Belgrade (no. 26_342). |
Places (5)
| Name | Class | Begin | End | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hvosno, Monastery of the Mother of God | Place | Monastery of the Mother of God in Hvosno is situated 20km from Peć, not for from the village called Studenica, which is why this place is known by the name Studenica Hvostanska or Little Studenica. This cult place was known from the Early Christian period with the remains of a three-nave basilica that was discovered in its close proximity. During the founding of the autocephalous Serbian archbishopric in 1219, the seat of the sixth (Hvostanska), of the seven Serbian bishoprics, was located here. At that time the Monastery was erected. In the 14th century it became a metropolitan archdiocese. After 1690 (the First Great Migration of the Serbs) this place was abandoned and destroyed. The material from the Monastery was used in the construction of mosques and other buildings. The building was erected following the plan of the Žiča Monastery, probably around 1220. It was a single nave edifice with three bays and a dome, an apse that was semicircular on the inside and rectangular on the outside and a narthex with two bays. In 1230 (when the temple was about to become a cathedral seat of the Serbian Orthodox Eparchy of Hvosno), following the ground plan of the Žiča Monastery, two paracclesia were added on the Northern and Southern sides of the narthex, two towers with chapels (each had an apse) and exonarthex with six bays. Some researchers believe there was a catechumeneon at the upper floor of the exonarthex. The Church is in compliance with the Raška architecture. In the Monastery researchers found remains of the dwelling-house, fortifications, nearby cemetery and a cast bell in which two shrouds were hidden (one from the 14th century and the other from the 16th century, the work of the famous artist monk Longin). Both are being kept in the treasury of the Patriarchate of Peć (Peć Monastery). | ||
| Lipljan, Church of the Mother of God | Place | The Church in Lipljan is situated South of the city of Priština. St. Sava integrated the bishoprics of Prizren and Lipljan into the newly established Serbian Church. The Church was first built in the 5th or 6th century. In the 10th or 11th century, on the ruins of the older building, a new edifice was erected as the three-nave basilica with three-sided apses. Some fragments of fresco paintings still remain. Around 1330 today's Church was built, by an unknown ktetor. Its a single-nave edifice with vault and an apse which is semicircular on the the inside and rectangular on the outside. | ||
| Mušutišta, the Church of the Mother of God (Hodegetria) | Place | The church of the Virgin Hodegetria near the village Mušutišta was erected in 1314/1315 as the endowment of the grand kaznac Jovan Dragoslav, his wife Jelena, his son Staniša and his daughter Annna (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). The Serbian emperor Stefan Uroš IV Dušan donated the church of the Virgin Hodegetria near the village of Mušutišta to the to the Monastery of the Holy Archangels in Prizren (Selo M’šutišta i sь crьkvami Svetomь Bogorodicomь i Svetymь Symeōnomь, sь zemlomь, i s vinogrady, i sь vokijemь, i črьnicami, i sь mliny). It was a Church of a developed cross-in-square plan with a dome built in alternating rows of stone and brick (with the recognizable features of the ecclesiastical architecture of Thessaloniki), and was fresco decorated. Unfortunately, the Church was completely ruined by Albanian extremists in 1999. | ||
| Peć, the Patriarchate | Place | The Patriarchate of Peć is situated in the city of Peć in Kosovo. It was built in the 13th and 14th centuries by Serbian Archbishops, starting Archbishop Arsenije Sremac, St. Sava's successor on the throne of Serbian Church. It consists of three Churches dedicated to the Holy Apostles, Saint Demetrius and Virgin Hodeghetria. The narthex was added by Archbishop Danilo II around 1330 and served as an ante-Church to the three adjecent temples. Some frescoes of the narthex have remained; they were mostly restored in the 16th century (after the renewal of the Patriarchate). | ||
| Prizren, Church of the Mother of God of Ljeviša | Place | The Church of the Mother of God of Ljeviša (Virgin Eleousa) is dedicated to the Dormition of the Mother of God. It is situated in the city of Prizren and was built by King Milutin 1307-1313 on the ground of an earlier three-nave basilica, probably from the 9th or the 10th century (at the latest). Its is said that St. Sava visited Prizern at the beginning of the 13th century, when the first Serbia bishop of the city was ordained. It was the first restoration of the edifice as evidences by the inscriptions on the frescoes in the South aisle dated in 1220. In the 14th century the edifice was remodeled and turned into a building with five domes, three-partite apses which are semicircular on the inside and three-sided on the outside and an exonarthex with two floors and a bell-tower. According to the inscription on the exonarthex we know that the reconstruction of the Church was managed by masters Nikola (architecture) and Michael Astrapas (painting). The Church was fresco-painted in the 13th century and later in the 14th by the hand of Michael Astrapas and his assistants. In 1346, after the proclamation of the Serbian Patriarchate this Church was elevated to the rank of metropolitanate. In the 15th century Prizren was occupied by the Turks. In the 18th century it was turned into a mosque. In 2006 the Church was inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List as part of an ensemble of medieval monuments in Kosovo. |