Mathematical-geographical intention in orienting mediaeval churches of the Serbian monastery Gradac
Matematičko-geografski smisao orijentacije srednjovekovnih crkava srpskog manastira Gradac
Abstract
The subject of the paper is an exact analysis of the orientation of the Serbian monastery churches: the Church of the Virgin Mary (13th century), St. Nicholas' Church (13th century), and an early Christian church (6th century). The paper determines the azimuth of parallel axes in churches, and then the aberrations of those axes from the equinoctial east are interpreted. Under assumption that the axes were directed towards the rising sun, it was surmised that the early Christian church's patron saint could be St. John the Baptist, that the Church of the Virgin Mary was founded on Annunciation day to which it is dedicated, and that St. Nicholas' Church is oriented in accordance with the rule ('toward the sunrise') even though its axis deviates from the equinoctial east by 41° degrees.
Tema rada jeste egzaktna analiza orijentacije crkava srpskog manastira Gradac: Bogorodičine crkve (13. vek), crkve sv. Nikole (13. vek) i ranohrišćanske crkve (6. vek). U radu su određeni azimuti uzdužnih osa crkava, a zatim su protumačeni otkloni tih osa od ravnodnevačkog istoka. Pod pretpostavkom da su ose usmeravane prema izlazećem suncu, zaključeno je da bi patron ranohrišćanske crkve mogao biti sv. Jovan Krstitelj, da je Bogorodičina crkva zasnovana na praznik Blagovesti kojem je i posvećena, a da je crkva sv. Nikole orijentisana u skladu sa pravilom ('prema izlasku sunca') iako je njena osa otklonjena 41° od ravnodnevačkog istoka.
Keywords:
Mathematical geography / orientation / Serbian mediaeval period / monastery Gradac / matematička geografija / orijentacija / srpski srednji vek / manastir GradacSource:
Glasnik Srpskog geografskog društva, 2011, 91, 4, 141-158Publisher:
- Srpsko geografsko društvo, Beograd
Funding / projects:
- Cultural changes and population movements in the early Prehistory of the central Balkans (RS-177023)
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Geografski fakultetTY - JOUR AU - Tadić, Milutin AU - Petrović, Aleksandar S. PY - 2011 UR - https://gery.gef.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/419 AB - The subject of the paper is an exact analysis of the orientation of the Serbian monastery churches: the Church of the Virgin Mary (13th century), St. Nicholas' Church (13th century), and an early Christian church (6th century). The paper determines the azimuth of parallel axes in churches, and then the aberrations of those axes from the equinoctial east are interpreted. Under assumption that the axes were directed towards the rising sun, it was surmised that the early Christian church's patron saint could be St. John the Baptist, that the Church of the Virgin Mary was founded on Annunciation day to which it is dedicated, and that St. Nicholas' Church is oriented in accordance with the rule ('toward the sunrise') even though its axis deviates from the equinoctial east by 41° degrees. AB - Tema rada jeste egzaktna analiza orijentacije crkava srpskog manastira Gradac: Bogorodičine crkve (13. vek), crkve sv. Nikole (13. vek) i ranohrišćanske crkve (6. vek). U radu su određeni azimuti uzdužnih osa crkava, a zatim su protumačeni otkloni tih osa od ravnodnevačkog istoka. Pod pretpostavkom da su ose usmeravane prema izlazećem suncu, zaključeno je da bi patron ranohrišćanske crkve mogao biti sv. Jovan Krstitelj, da je Bogorodičina crkva zasnovana na praznik Blagovesti kojem je i posvećena, a da je crkva sv. Nikole orijentisana u skladu sa pravilom ('prema izlasku sunca') iako je njena osa otklonjena 41° od ravnodnevačkog istoka. PB - Srpsko geografsko društvo, Beograd T2 - Glasnik Srpskog geografskog društva T1 - Mathematical-geographical intention in orienting mediaeval churches of the Serbian monastery Gradac T1 - Matematičko-geografski smisao orijentacije srednjovekovnih crkava srpskog manastira Gradac VL - 91 IS - 4 SP - 141 EP - 158 UR - https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_gery_419 ER -
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Tadić, M.,& Petrović, A. S.. (2011). Mathematical-geographical intention in orienting mediaeval churches of the Serbian monastery Gradac. in Glasnik Srpskog geografskog društva Srpsko geografsko društvo, Beograd., 91(4), 141-158. https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_gery_419
Tadić M, Petrović AS. Mathematical-geographical intention in orienting mediaeval churches of the Serbian monastery Gradac. in Glasnik Srpskog geografskog društva. 2011;91(4):141-158. https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_gery_419 .
Tadić, Milutin, Petrović, Aleksandar S., "Mathematical-geographical intention in orienting mediaeval churches of the Serbian monastery Gradac" in Glasnik Srpskog geografskog društva, 91, no. 4 (2011):141-158, https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_gery_419 .