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Archival sources regarding the history of construction of the parish church of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Kupinec
Dubravka BOTICA Ana KANIŠKI
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Archival sources, especially Canonical visitations kept in the Archbishopric Archives in Zagreb, contain descriptions of the old church from the seventeenth century, the one which stood on the place of the present parish church in Kupinec. This old church, like many other from the period, was originally built of timber and later someone constructed masonry and vaulted sanctuary. Interior was richly decorated, probably with painted walls and tabulate, and had wooden ceiling of the church nave. Namely, archival sources mention many similar churches during the seventeenth and at the beginning of the eighteenth century. Moreover, sources often mention that such churches were in quite bad condition and needed rapid renovations, as it was case with the church from Kupinec too. Consequently,
during the eighteenth century many churches were renovated and timber was replaced with more solid materials. Therefore, present-day researchers can investigate the interior of these previous churches only through archival sources. The last note about the old church in Kupinec comes from 1768. This renovation process was tightly connected with contemporary reform of diocese organization, which was carried on throughout the entire Habsburg Monarchy. In the bishopric of Zagreb this reform was under supervision of bishop M. Vrhovac. This reorganization of parish system was designed to follow needs and number of local population, which was accompanied with renovation and reconstruction
of old churches, and this was case also in Kupninec. In the literature parish church in Kupinec was usually dated to the mid eighteen century. However, on the basis of the archival sources, primarily Canonical visitations and the Memorial of the Parish, together with some data from the archival fond Drašković kept in the Croatian State Archives, authors revealed that church was built in the period between 1795 and 1799. During the construction of the new church architects kept the old belltower. This new church regarding its typology should be classified as late Baroque variation of cross-shaped layout, so called, quatrefoil that was quite usual in the bishopric of Zagreb at that time. Some details of the interior decoration reveal many motives of Marian symbolism. Archival sources also contain detailed lists that reveal in which manner the
locals collected money to build the church.
Ključne riječi
Kupinec; archival sources; late 18th century; typology of sacral architecture
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90080
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15.6.2012.
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