Fragments of sacral architecture in the ramparts of medieval Novo Brdo

Abstract

This paper offers the first overview of the appearance and origin of architectural decorations built into the ramparts of the fort at Novo Brdo. It considers parts of decorations that have a wide repertoire of tracery motifs in shallow relief, as well as parts of the decorative-constructive composition of the facades. The research results suggest that these carved decorations belonged to two destroyed churches, unknown today. All the mentioned fragments indicate the manner of construction, decoration and artistic partition of the composition of the facades, which corresponds to the architecture of the most representative churches of Moravian Serbia.

Keywords

• architectural decorations
• shallow relief decorations
• tracery motif
• moravian serbia
• novo brdo