The architectural research of the belfry of the church of St James the Apostle in Sandomierz

Małgorzata Doroz-Turek

doi:10.5277/arc180402

Abstract

The article presents the results of an architectural research carried out in the belfry of the church of St James the Apostle of the Dominican Monastery in Sandomierz. The aim of the research was to show the authentic form of the belfry in the light of the subsequent transformations as well as renovation and conservation works. A short outline of the history of founding the monastery in Sandomierz along with the beginnings of the medieval architecture of the Dominican church were presented. The archival searchquery and the state of research permitted an analysis and interpretation of iconographic sources in the light of historical documents. In view of the above-mentioned research and by virtue of her own architectural study based on a thorough architectural inventory of this part of the church, the author undertook an attempt to determine the phases of the construction of the belfry.

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