PT Journal
AU Kovar, M
   Starec, P
TI Two Architectural Elements from the area of the Church of Saints Philip and James in the Old Town of Prague : The Use of Post-Classical Wedge Shaped Ribs in BohemiaZwei Architekturglieder aus der Kirche der hl. Philipp und Jakob in der Prager Altstadt : Zur Geltendmachung der nachklassischen Keilrippen in Bohmen
SO Staleta Praha
PY 2024
BP 52
EP 65
VL 39
IS 2
DI 10.56112/sp.2023.2.03
WP https://staletapraha.cz/en/artkey/pha-202302-0003.php
DE Prague - Old Town - Middle Ages - architecture - wedge shape rib - 14th century - Gothic - Betlemske Square
SN 02316056
AB The paper deals with two architectural elements found in a secondary position during the excavation of a utility tunnel trench on Betlemske Square in Prague. The first is an opuka rectilinear moulding with a shallow groove on the outer face and a funnel-shape on the inner face. The second is a vault rib of an elongated wedge profile with a very shallow groove on one side, almost imperceptible on the opposite side. Distribution of both elements in Bohemia is reviewed as well as the period of their use mainly in the first half of the 14th century. Both fragments most likely document the Gothic reconstruction of Sts. Philip and James Romanesque church, now vanished, which was located in close proximity or directly at the site where the elements were found.
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