Preliminary communication
https://doi.org/10.47960/271-1844.2017.3.117
Late Medieval Locality "Crkvine" in the Village of Vesela near Bugojno in the Western Part of Central Bosnia
Ante Škegro
; Croatian Institute of History, Zagreb, Croatia
Ajla Sejfuli
orcid.org/0000-0001-7857-7692
; Zavičajni muzej, Travnik
Marko Ćorić
; Franjevačka klasična gimnazija, Visoko
Abstract
There has been general consensus amongst scholars that
Franciscans owned a church and a monastery in Vesela
Straza near Bugojno (western part of central Bosnia),
which were demolished during the Ottoman assaults on
the core of the Bosnian kingdom in the first half of the 15th
century. The objects were mentioned in one falsified charter
dating from 15th/16th century, as well as by three Franciscan
chroniclers in the 17th/18th century and by a Franciscan
travel writer from the 19th century. These structures
have been attributed to the Crkvine location, in the vicinity
of the medieval fortress Vesela Straza. Excavations
performed on the site from 10th to 20th December 2014,
from 8th to 14th June 2015 and from 9th to 25th September
2015 have not brought to light any evidence which could
undoubtedly prove these claims. The absence of tiles and
bricks, as well as traces of burnings, witness that the object
on the Crkvina location has been covered with shakes
(type of wooden shingle) and that it has been destroyed by
fire. Its dimensions, wall structure, door-posts, lintels and
frescos speak in favour of the claims that it was a structure
which belonged to the highest ranks of the Bosnian-Hum
political elite. It is not excluded that the location has been
named "Crkvine" because Catholic religious services have
been performed at the remains of the former church.
Keywords
Crkvine; Vesela Straza; Bugojno; late Middle Ages
Hrčak ID:
187170
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Publication date:
5.10.2017.
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