Original scientific paper
https://doi.org/10.17685/Peristil.59.1
New Contributions to the History of Construction of the Church of St Mary in Kloštar Ivanić during the Middle Ages
Maja Cepetić Rogić
; Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Rijeka, Department of Art History
Abstract
Besides the episcopal settlement of Ivanec, first documented in 1246, the charter of Bishop Stephen II mentions the church of St Mary built by the same bishop, also responsible for the arrival of nuns. The criteria for dating and determining the possible building phases of the church of St Mary, used both as monastic and parish church of Ivanec, have been determined by means of formal, stylistic and comparative analysis. The present-day Baroque-Classicist church of St Mary is situated on an oval plateau in the southwestern part of Kloštar Ivanić. It is oriented with the presbytery towards the east and the main façade facing west, with a belfry placed against the middle of the northern aisle wall. The church was built entirely in brick, with
medieval parts featuring the so-called “Gothic bonding”. The original walls of the nave, probably including the small window on the southern wall and the lower part of the belfry connected to the northern aisle wall, can be dated to the 14th century at the latest. Although there are elements that suggest earlier dating, more precise dating will be possible only after further archaeological and conservation research. The discovery of larger window openings on the southern nave wall and different brickwork above the third floor level of the belfry indicate the existence of another medieval building phase attributable to the second half of the 15th century, which included heightening of the belfry and the implementation of new, larger window openings in the original structure of the southern nave wall.
Keywords
Middle Ages; Slavonia; Diocese of Zagreb; Ivanić; church of St Mary; architecture
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178477
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Publication date:
1.3.2017.
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