Hilandarski zbornik

: Remarques architecturales sur le catholicon de Chilandar. La formation graduelle du catholicon àabsides latérales ou choeurs et à liti, au Mont Athos

: The Athonite Monastery of Kastamonitou and the Documentary Heritage of the Grand Čelnik Radič; The paper discusses the critical edition and commentary of preserved documents relating to the ktetor activities of the grand čelnik Radič on Mount Athos and the endowments he gifted to the Athonite brotherhoods. The main part of the paper contains four Serbian charters from the archives of the Konstamonitou monastery; two of them issued by the grand čelnik Radič, and the other two issued by despot Đurađ Branković. Radič’s charter to the monasteries St. Paul and Vatopedi and despot Đurađ’s confirmation of the latter are also published. In addition to the Athonite charters to the Vraćevšnica monastery, which was preserved as a fresco inscription in a 1737 copy in the narthex of the Church of St. George. The preparation of these documents for publication is based on the photographs made by the author during his research visits to Mount Athos. The exception is the charter to the Vraćevšnica monastery, whose text has been reproduced from Milan Đ. Milićević’s edition of 1867.

: The Byzantine Fortified Enclosure of the Monastery of Chelandariou. A prliminary report

: The Eighteenth-Century Wall Paintings in the Chilandar Monastery – Iconographic and Stylistic Characteristics; The paper analyses rarely depicted iconographic themes painted in the 18th-century parecclesia of the Chilandar monastery. The paper focuses on the cycles of Genesis and St Demetrios in the parecclesion of St Demetrios, the images of Serbian and Bulgarian saints and rulers and the cycles of St Sava of Serbia, the parables of Jesus Christ and the Apocalypse, painted in the parecclesion of St Sava of Serbia, the image of St Christopher Kynokefalos and the compositions of Christ with Bleeding Wounds (Fons Pietatis), the Holy Trinity represented as Christ with three heads and six arms, and the Elevation of the Holy Cross in the Church of the Protecting Veil of the Holy Virgin, as well as the Suffering and Healing of St John of Damascus in front of the Icon of the Holy Virgin, which was painted in the Church of the Nativity of the Holy Virgin. The second part of the paper analyses the stylistic features of the 18th-century paintings on the walls of seven parecclesia in Chilandar.

: The History of the Catholicon of the Athonite Monastery of Simonopetra Until the 19th Century Based on Written Sources; The paper examines all the extant sources (documents, narrative sources, the archaeological remnants etc), regarding the catholicon of Simonopetra monastery on Mount Athos. The research tries to suggest a highly probable hypothesis for the chronological phases of the monument, both for the construction (or reconstruction) and the painting. The changes in the church might have taken place in the late medieval and early modern period, beginning with the construction of the church by the Serbian despot Jovan Uglješa in the second half of 14th century. Three disastrous fires in 1580, 1622 and 1891 have heavily affected the history of the building. The recent restoration works reveal some pieces of wall-paintings, which help us to date a crucial phase for the history of the building in the second half of the 16th century.

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