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Bonino di Jacopo da Milano and municipal projects in Split at the beginning of the 15th century
Radoslav Bužančić
orcid.org/0000-0003-4661-852X
; Konzervatorski odjel Ministarstva kulture u Splitu
Sažetak
A document held in the Vatican archive shows that there was a connexion between the secular authorities and Split’s Archbishop Dišković in the first half of the 15th century. This may help, indirectly, to date when building started on the north wing of the courtyard and the City Loggia within the complex of the Ducal Palace. The document is a letter which was apparently written by the citizens of Split to Pope Martin V, a member of the old Roman Colona family, and sent to Rome, informing him about the plans to demolish St. Lawrence’s Church and erect a new one in a better position inside the city walls. The letter states that the current church was no longer fit for purpose, among other reasons because the square on which it stood was used for many non-religious events and private commercial activities, which were not in keeping with a sacral place, and which made contemplation and prayer impossible.
In fact the complaints by the Split citizens were a cover for the intentions of the Venetian authorities, who wanted to extend the Ducal Palace over almost half of the main city square, but were hindered by the old Church of St. Lawrence, which was on or close to the proposed site for the City Loggia. The building of the St. Domnius chapel was directly linked to the erection of the Ducal Palace complex and the later Chapel of St. Anastasius. The plan predated Venice’s rule over Split, when Archbishop Dišković was paid in 1409 by Jelena, wife of Hrvoje, the Duke of Split, to have a sarcophagus made for St. Domnius’ remains. Archbishop Dišković was placed at the head of the Split Church in 1420 in a political move by the Venetians, who thus bypassed Bishop Domnius de Judicibus.
The renovation of the Chapel of St. Domnius was initiated in 1422 through a donation by another lady of Split, Urša de Andreis, and it was completed in 1427. Bonino da Milano, who was in charge of completing the work on the Chapel, started work in parallel on the Ducal Palace and its east wing with the City Hall, immediately after the summer of 1426. The works were completed by others following Bonino’s death in 1429. The Chapel of St. Lawrence was constructed between 1437 and 1439, as well as the portico and great hall of the Ducal Palace between the old City Hall and the City Loggia.
These works, in which the monumental portico with its trifora was decorated in Floral Gothic style, were completed in the 1440s according to Bonino’s plans. They may have been carried out by Giorgio da Sebenico (Juraj Matejev Dalmatinac) with his circle of sculptors and stonemasons, as he operated close to the Venetian state programme, like Bonino. His arrival made a certainty of other building projects in Split, such as the Chapel of St. Raynerius, works in the church of the Benedictine Monastery of St. Euphemia, and in the Chapel of St. Anastasius in the Cathedral, as well as projects in the Small Papalić Palace in the new part of Split.
Ključne riječi
municipal projects in Split in the 15th century; St. Lawrence’s Church; the Ducal Palace; the Town Hall; Bonino da Milano
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202793
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Datum izdavanja:
28.6.2018.
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