Staletá Praha 30, 2/2014, 111-120 | DOI: 10.56112/sp.2014.2.06

Windows of the apse of the church of the Beheading of St. John the Baptist in Hostivař
Die Apsisfenster der Kirche der Enthauptung d. hl. Johannes d. T. in Hostivař

Ladislav Bartoš

NPÚ ÚOP v hl. městě Praze, Na Perštýně 12/356, 110 00 Praha 1

This essay presents the findings of the recently discovered windows of the apse of the Hostivař church. Regarding the details of its surviving medieval form, this church was until recently considered to be a relatively poor building. This opinion changed with the discovery of wall paintings in the apse; during their gradual uncovering it became possible to document and partially restore a window whose existence had previously been unknown. The text deals with the position and shape of the discovered windows of Romanesque, Gothic and Baroque age as well as the issue of re-opening them and the illumination of the presbytery throughout the history of the church.

Keywords: church - Middle Ages - Romanesque architecture - sacral architecture - apse - window

Grants and funding:

Příspěvek vznikl v rámci plnění výzkumného cíle NPÚ "Výzkum nemovitých památek v ČR. Aktuální metodické otázky průzkumu a dokumentace, ohrožené druhy památek a jejich vybrané exempláře" financovaného z institucionální podpory Ministerstva kultury ČR na dlouhodobý koncepční rozvoj výzkumné organizace.

Published: December 15, 2014