Między Île-de-France, Nadrenią a Lewantem. O źródłach architektury gotyckiej katedry w Famaguście na Cyprze .......... 177
Synopsis
BETWEEN ÎLE-DE-FRANCE, RHINELAND, AND THE LEVANT: ON THE ORIGINS OF GOTHIC ARCHITECTURE IN FAMAGUSTA CATHEDRAL IN CYPRUS
The article is devoted to the stylistic analysis of the cathedral of St Nicholas in Famagusta, Cyprus (now the Lala Mustafa Paşa Mosque), begun around 1300. The special relevance of this building comes from the fact that the edifice owes its shape to masters well acquainted with the buildings of both France and Germany and thus demonstrates the complex and at the same time ambiguous stylistic character of the architecture around the year 1300. The case of Famagusta Cathedral and its anonymous designer provides a fascinating starting point for a discussion of the modes of long-distance transfer of architectural forms in the late thirteenth and early fourteenth centuries.
