Primum post matricem… Gotycka architektura kolegiaty Najświętszej Marii Panny w Sandomierzu
Primum post matricem... Gothic Architecture of the Collegiate Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Sandomierz

Summary/Abstract: The medieval architecture of the second most eminent church in the diocese of Cracow, the colle- giate church of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Sandomierz, which owes its Gothic appearance to the foundation of King Casimir the Great, has not yet been satisfactorily studied. The article attempts to present its architecture in relation to 14th-century structures of Central and Eastern Europe. Recent conservation work makes it possible to revise the earlier theories about the stages of the church’s construction. There are many indications that the construction of the hall nave started as early as ca. 1350, founded by King Casimir the Great, and was completed around 1370. This was followed by the upwards extension and vaulting of the rectangular choir, constructed in the second half of the 13th century. The church was consecrated in 1382 by the Bishop of Cracow, Jan of Radliczyce. In the following years, the east wall of the chancel was demolished and replaced with a polygonal apse. Each aisle of the building was originally covered by a separate gabled roof. The closest relative to the collegiate church is the hall nave of the cathedral in Olomouc and the rosette of the western façade is modelled on the window tracery from the transept of the Cistercian church in Zlatá Koruna.

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