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The Last Judgement, detail: Personification of the Sea, narthex,westwall,Gračanica,1318–1321 .................... 156
Holy Warriors: Saint eustathius and Saint Mercurius, Gračanica,1318–1321 ..................................... 157
Expulsion of the Merchants from the Temple, higher zone ofthenaos,westwall,Gračanica,1318–1321 ................. 158
Christ Calms the Storm on the Sea of Galilee,
Chapel of the Mother of God, Gračanica, 1318–1321 . . . . . . . . . . 158
Saint Marko the Evangelist, southwestpendentive,Gračanica,1318–1321................. 159
Saint John the Evangelist, southeastdome,Gračanica,1318–1321......................159
Saint Matthew the Evangelist, southeastpendetive,Gračanica,1318–1321 .................. 159
Saint Luke the Evangelist, northeastdome,Gračanica,1318–1321...................... 159
Saint Sava of Serbia and Holy Emperors Constantine andHelena,Gračanica,1318–1321..........................160
Saint Cosmas the Hymnographer and Saint John of Damascus, Chapel of the Mother of God, Gračanica, 1318–1321 . . . . . . . . . . 160
Be like a child and you shall enter the Kingdom of Heaven,
detail, Chapel of Mother of God, Gračanica, 1318-1321 . . . . . . . . 161
Kings Stefan Dušan, Young King Uroš and Queen Jelena, apseofChapelofSaintNicholas,Dečani,ca.1343 ............ 185
Saints Simeon Nemanja and Sava, south wall, ChapelofSaintNicholas,Dečani,ca.1343................... 185
Three Young Man in the Fiery Furnace and Daniel
in the Lion’s Dan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
Christ is Talking to Peter and John,
southwest bay of the naos, south wall, Dečani. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
The Akathistos Hymn, the eighth and ninth strophe
(5th kontakion and 5th oikos), southchoir,southwall,Dečani......................... 188-189
Baptism of Christ, detail, subdomicial area,
westside,Dečani,ca.1339 .................................190
Crucifixion of Christ, detail, subdomicial area, westside,Dečani,ca.1339 ................................. 191
Acts of the Apostles, detail: arrest of Peter and john,
an angel appeares to Peter and john in Prison, andReleaseapostlesfromPrison,northwestbay ofthenaos,northwall,Dečani......................... 192-193
Viewoftheeastwallofthenarthex,Dečani.....................194 StefanDečanski’schandeliermedallioninDečani. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195 The Tree of Jesse, detail: Destruction of Sodom, west wall,
TheLamentationofChrist, ChapelofSaintNicholas,Dečani,ca.1343...................196
southwallofthenaos,Gračanica,1318–1321.................162 Descent into Hades (Resurrection of Christ),
eastwallofthenaos,Gračanica,1318–1321 ..................163
Ressurectional Appearances of Christ: The Appearance
of Christ to Luke and Cleopas on the way to Emmaus,
the Supper at Emmaus and Luke and Cleopas inform other Apostles about Appearance of Christ, south and north bayofthenaos,Gračanica,1318–1321................... 164-165
Descent into Hades (Resurrection of Christ),
detail, east wall of the naos, Gračanica, 1318–1321 . . . . . . . . 166-167
Christ Pantocrator from Gračanica, replica from theNationalMuseum,Belgrade............................170
Icon of Christ Pantocrator from Gračanica, egg-tempera onwood,paintedbysisterMagdalina,2000................. 171
The Church of the Christ Pantocrator, southwest view, VisokiDečaniMonastery..................................172
Signature of Stefan Dečanski on the Founding Charter ofDečaniMonastery,1330 ................................174
Holy King Stefan Dečanski, fresco in the naos, adjacent
to the iconostasis. The King’s reliquary coffin wasoriginallyplacedbelowthisfresco,ca.1343 .............. 175
View of the eastern part and the Iconostasis ofthePantocratorChurch,Dečani.........................176
Services of the Hierarchs, detail: Saint Nicholas
and Saint Gregory the Theologian,
altar apse, north side, Dečani, ca. 1339. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
Services of the Hierarchs, detail: Saint athanasius and Saint
Gregory of Nyssa, altar apse, south side, Dečani, ca. 1339 . . . . . . 197 SaintTheodorTyro,naos,northchoir,Dečani ..................198
Saint John the Baptist, west bay of the naos,
west wall, Dečani, 1348 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199
Saint Nicholas Quick Helper, west bay of the naos,
west wall, Dečani, 1348 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199
Last Judgement, detail: Deisis, west bay of the naos, westwall,Dečani,1347–1348 ..............................200
Last Judgement, detail: Righteous archbishops and Hermits, westbayofthenaos,westwall,Dečani,1347–1348 ...........200
Last Judgement, detail: Rigteous emperors and Noblemen, westbayofthenaos,westwall,Dečani,1347–1348 ...........200
Memorial Book, written and illuminated by aleksije Lazović, Dečani,ca.1818...........................................201 Epistle Lectionary, 1350–1360, manuscript No 25, Dečani . . . . . . . . . 202
Book of Four Gospels, Opening Page of the Gospel of Luke, Manuscript No 6, Dečani, ca. 1400 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203
Memorial Book of Dečani monastery, written and decoratedbyDimitrijeDaskal,Dečani,1595 .................203
PanoramicviewofDečaniMonastery,1930..................... 177
GroundplanofthePantocratorChurch,Dečani................178
LongitudinalsectionthroughthePantocratorChurch, Dečani,1536-1538.........................................203
Dečani..................................................178 Capitel of the column in the narthex,
detail:griffin,Dečani......................................179 Three-light altar apse window,
ChurchofChristPantocrator,Dečani ......................180 South portal of the Church of Christ Pantocrator,
with inscription of master builder Fra Vita from
Kotor(Cattaro)onthelintel............................... 181
The Founders inscription on the completion of the painting ofthechurch,naos,westwall,Dečani,1347/1348.............182
Opening lines of the Third Charter of the Dečani Monastery, 1343–45, archive of the Serbian academy
ofSciencesandarts ...................................... 183
Signatures of Kings Stefan Uroš III and Stefan Dušan intheThirdCharteroftheDečaniMonastery................ 183
Opening lines of the Charter of Princesse Milica
for Dečani Monastery, 1397, archive oftheSerbianacademyofSciencesandarts................ 183
FamilyTreeoftheNemanjićDynasty,Dečani,1347..............184 Donor portraits of Kings Stefan Uroš III Dečanski
The Mother of God with Christ Child, mid-14th century, despoticiconontheiconostasis,Dečani ....................204
Archangel Gabriel, mid-14th century, despoticiconontheiconostasis,Dečani ....................205
Mother of God Pelagonitissa, icon, second half
of the 16th century, the Treasury of the Dečani . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
Hagiographic Icon of Saint Nicholas, icon, second half
of the 16th century, the Treasury of the Dečani . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
Saint Anthony the Great, icon painted by Longin, 1572,
the Treasury of the Dečani Monastery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .206
Reliquary Crosses of Emperor Dušan and King Stephen
Dečanski, the Treasury of the Dečani Monastery . . . . . . . . . . . .207
Cup ornamented with hunting motives, 16th century,
the Treasury of the Dečani Monastery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .208
Cup with a griffin, 16th century,
the Treasury of the Dečani Monastery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .208
Cup donated by Hieromonk Sergije to Dečani Monastery, 1608,NationalMuseumBelgrade ..........................208 Chalice, 1567/1568, donated by Radivoj to Dečani Monastery . . . . . 208
Ripidion made by Kondo Vuk, 1569/1570, donated andStefanDušan,southwall, byRadivojtoDečaniMonastery............................209
ChapelofSaintNicholas,Dečani,ca.1343................... 185 Queen Jelena, Young King Uroš and Simeon Siniša,
west wall, Chapel of Saint Nicholas, Dečani, ca. 1343. . . . . . . . . . 185
Panagiarion, 15th century, the Treasury
oftheDečaniMonastery ..................................210
IconostasisCross,Dečani,1593/94............................. 211 999
Octoechos from Crnojević Printing House, Dečani, 1494. . . . . . . . . 203 Printed Festal Menaion of Božidar Vuković,