Reconstruction of the outer shapes of the Holy Archangels Church near Prizren - revisited

Abstract

Slobodan Nenadović’s well-known monograph on the forms of the original building of the Holy Archangels Monastery near Prizren has laid the ground for оur knowledge of the main architectural characteristics of Tzar Stefan Dušan’s funerary endowment. However, in his reconstruction of these forms, Nenadović was not certain enough about the shape of the main dome, the pedestals of the small domes, the narthex, the pediments, and the portal, as well as about the details inside the church itself. By analyzing certain stone fragments, it is possible to reconsider certain dilemmas regarding the building’s external architecture.

Keywords

• holy archangels (church of)
• prizren
• medieval architecture
• archivolts
• cornices