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Paweł Dettloff
Dominican Church at Gidle in the Light of the Recent
Research. Construction Chronology
and Attribution Question
The Gidle Dominican Church is characterized by
a genuine cruciform, so-called triconch layout,
pointed out to in literature. Jan Buszt, recorded in
the convent archives with regard to the church's con-
struction, is attributed its design.
New information related to the church's
construction is presented, this based on the
previously unused archival sources. It allows for
the following conclusions: the question of the
design's authorship continues unanswered, as Jan
Buszt was most likely not the church's designer, but
more probably the builder who executed another
author's design, this suggested by several premises.
The church's cons-truction period, previously
ascertained at 1632-44, can be specified with more
precision to 1631-49, in the course of which the
essential construction works (walls without vaults,
Our Lady's Chapel) were executed in 1631-42, with
the roof built in 1644-46, and the vaults in
ca. 1654-48; the towers, in turn, were completed
only in the late 17th century. Despite the fact that the
construction was carried out in stages, the church's
cruciform layout, constituting the focus of scholars'
interest, was intended as such from the start and did
not appear as an accidental development. The so far
dating of the stucco decoration (1644-56) needs to
be verified. Inside the church it must have been
executed in the final construction stage, i.e. ca.
1645-48, and in the sacristy as late as in 1669 by
a different workshop.
Translated by Magdalena Iwińska
Paweł Dettloff
Dominican Church at Gidle in the Light of the Recent
Research. Construction Chronology
and Attribution Question
The Gidle Dominican Church is characterized by
a genuine cruciform, so-called triconch layout,
pointed out to in literature. Jan Buszt, recorded in
the convent archives with regard to the church's con-
struction, is attributed its design.
New information related to the church's
construction is presented, this based on the
previously unused archival sources. It allows for
the following conclusions: the question of the
design's authorship continues unanswered, as Jan
Buszt was most likely not the church's designer, but
more probably the builder who executed another
author's design, this suggested by several premises.
The church's cons-truction period, previously
ascertained at 1632-44, can be specified with more
precision to 1631-49, in the course of which the
essential construction works (walls without vaults,
Our Lady's Chapel) were executed in 1631-42, with
the roof built in 1644-46, and the vaults in
ca. 1654-48; the towers, in turn, were completed
only in the late 17th century. Despite the fact that the
construction was carried out in stages, the church's
cruciform layout, constituting the focus of scholars'
interest, was intended as such from the start and did
not appear as an accidental development. The so far
dating of the stucco decoration (1644-56) needs to
be verified. Inside the church it must have been
executed in the final construction stage, i.e. ca.
1645-48, and in the sacristy as late as in 1669 by
a different workshop.
Translated by Magdalena Iwińska