Srednjeveška stavbna zgodovina kapele sv. Jakoba v Konjicah. Analiza arhivskih virov, arhitekture, stenskih poslikav in stavbne plastike

Based on the analysis of the already known and newly discovered archival sources, new realisations about medieval mural paintings, the keystones bearing the coats of arms, and the architectural elements of the Chapel of St James, the article presents a revised interpretation of this building’s medieval architectural history. The research conducted reveals that from the very outset, the Konjice Chapel was constructed as a four-bay confraternity chapel and that it was already vaulted in the final third of the 14th century. The coats of arms of the Counts of Cilli, the Lords of Wallsee, and, as suggested in this paper, the priest and later Archdeacon Jakob Dürr suggest a close association with the influential Confraternity that had its headquarters in the Chapel. Meanwhile, prosopographical studies indicate that members of these noble families were closely connected at the time of the Chapel’s construction.Članek na podlagi analize znanih in novoodkritih arhivskih virov, novih spoznanj o srednjeveških poslikavah, sklepnikih z grbi ter o arhitekturni in stavbnoplastični pričevalnosti kapele prinaša spremenjeno razlago o srednjeveški stavbni zgodovini kapele. Opravljena raziskava kaže, da je bila konjiška kapela zgrajena kot enotna gradnja oziroma kot štiripolna bratovščinska kapela, ki je bila že v zadnji tretjini 14. stoletja tudi obokana. Grbovni sklepniki grofov Celjskih, gospodov Wallsee ter, kot je predlagano v tem prispevku, duhovnika in pozneje arhidiakona Jakoba Dürra kažejo na tesno povezavo z vplivno bratovščino, ki je imela v kapeli svoj sedež, hkrati pa prosopografske študije izpričujejo njihovo tesno prepletenost prav v času gradnje kapele