Original scientific paper
The Gothic Cloister of the Paulite Monastery in Lepoglava
Zlatan Balog
; Dvorac Trakošćan
Abstract
On the basis of earlier research by Czech archeologists (1972 /1973) and his own research conducted in 1990/91 and 1993, the author reconstructs the original design of the cloister of the monastery in Lepoglava built in the fitteenth century and destroyed in the mid-seventeenth century, when the monastery was reconstructed/enlarged. In his research he relied on the remains of consoles and ribs on the north wall of the church, fragments of the original cross-ribbed vaults found during excavation, and the only surviving part of the cloister, its south-west corner now incorporated into the ground floor of the church tower. The author concludes that these remains were a sufficient basis for a detailed reconstruction of three sides of the cloister (south, west and east). He then undertakes a stylistic analysis of these reconstructed parts and a comparison of the monastery with some other similar buildings built at the same time or before. He argues that the Lepoglava cloister is an example of Central-European Late Gothic architecture originating in Prague, later spreading across Hungary to Ptujska Gora in Slovenia and from there directly towards Lepoglava. The research shows that the cloister corridor had cross-ribbed vaulting resting on consoles and abounded in interesting details, portals and individual solutions of geometrical problems. Some of these solutions show that their author was a highly competent and original builder.
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Hrčak ID:
138680
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Publication date:
15.12.1996.
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