Chapter On the symbolism of 14th-century genre scenes depicted in the architectural sculpture of two impost friezes of the collegiate church in Sandomierz

Gothic collegiate church of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Sandomierz, founded by king Casimir the Great, has an interesting set of architectural sculptures within the keystones, corbels and impost friezes. Most of them are examples of high-class art. Among the rich floral decorations in...

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Main Author: Tuszyńska-Szczepaniak, Olga
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Language:Polish
Published: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego 2025
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description Gothic collegiate church of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Sandomierz, founded by king Casimir the Great, has an interesting set of architectural sculptures within the keystones, corbels and impost friezes. Most of them are examples of high-class art. Among the rich floral decorations in the capital zone of the temple, there are images of animals and fantastic creatures. Particularly noteworthy are the sculptural decorations on the friezes of two pairs of pillars, located on the line of the two entrances to the temple – the northern and southern one. They depict dogs chasing a hare and a dog chasing a hedgehog. These scenes are unique not only because of the visible interactions that carry the content of medieval symbolism, but also provide an opportunity to try to understand the ideological program of the architectural sculpture of the Sandomierz collegiate church. The key to understanding it are the texts of church fathers, physiologists and bestiaries along with rich medieval iconography.
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spelling doab-20.500.12854ir-1567182025-03-07T15:36:36Z Chapter On the symbolism of 14th-century genre scenes depicted in the architectural sculpture of two impost friezes of the collegiate church in Sandomierz Tuszyńska-Szczepaniak, Olga Gothic collegiate church of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Sandomierz, founded by king Casimir the Great, has an interesting set of architectural sculptures within the keystones, corbels and impost friezes. Most of them are examples of high-class art. Among the rich floral decorations in the capital zone of the temple, there are images of animals and fantastic creatures. Particularly noteworthy are the sculptural decorations on the friezes of two pairs of pillars, located on the line of the two entrances to the temple – the northern and southern one. They depict dogs chasing a hare and a dog chasing a hedgehog. These scenes are unique not only because of the visible interactions that carry the content of medieval symbolism, but also provide an opportunity to try to understand the ideological program of the architectural sculpture of the Sandomierz collegiate church. The key to understanding it are the texts of church fathers, physiologists and bestiaries along with rich medieval iconography. 2025-03-07T15:36:35Z 2025-03-07T15:36:35Z 2024 chapter ONIX_20250307_9788383316673_2359 9788383316673 9788383316666 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/156718 pol image/jpeg Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International https://www.press.uni.lodz.pl/index.php/wul/catalog/book/1219 Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego 10.18778/8331-666-6.02 Gothic collegiate church of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Sandomierz, founded by king Casimir the Great, has an interesting set of architectural sculptures within the keystones, corbels and impost friezes. Most of them are examples of high-class art. Among the rich floral decorations in the capital zone of the temple, there are images of animals and fantastic creatures. Particularly noteworthy are the sculptural decorations on the friezes of two pairs of pillars, located on the line of the two entrances to the temple – the northern and southern one. They depict dogs chasing a hare and a dog chasing a hedgehog. These scenes are unique not only because of the visible interactions that carry the content of medieval symbolism, but also provide an opportunity to try to understand the ideological program of the architectural sculpture of the Sandomierz collegiate church. The key to understanding it are the texts of church fathers, physiologists and bestiaries along with rich medieval iconography. 10.18778/8331-666-6.02 83bfe9c9-323d-4283-b087-d859fd9af314 9788383316673 9788383316666 41-70 open access
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