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The Basilica of St. Martha and its Ciborium
Pavuša Vežić
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The St. Martha's Church (Sv Marta) at Bijaći near Trogir is a paleo-Christian basilica. It appears to have been dedicated to St. john the Baptist initially. It is situated near the former Roman settlement of Siculli. In the Middle Ages, it became property of the Croatian sovereign, in the historic sources named villa Biaci. The church is a three-vessel basi/ica with a semicircular apse at the end of the nave. The apse diameter is equivalent to the nave span. It protrudes out. Two rows ofpilasters separate the wide nave from the three times narrower aisles. By the south side of the church there was the baptistery. It was an octagonal structure with a crossshaped, sunk piscine.
In the first half of the 9th century, during the reign of duke Trpimir, the basilica was rebuilt. From this time origin the stone liturgical fixtures, parts ofthe sanctuary rail and the ciborium. At the ciborium, besides zoomorphic images and various vegetal and geometric ornaments, there was an inscription mentioning St. john and St. Martha. The author of this paper links her cult with the altar in the sanctuary, assuming this is not a baptistery ciborium. The very practice of renewing of paleo-Christian churches and providing new liturgical fixtures in them is linked with the Frank state law and the Roman Church rules in the territory of the old Croatian diocese.
The author deems that the medieval church, built within the limits of the paleo-Christian basilica, was built in the early Romanesque epoque. It is a three-vessel building with a tower added at the front and three apses at the back, the central one perhaps subsequently protruded into the space. The two rows of masonry pylons separated the nave from the aisles. The very practice of interpolation of a Romanesque church within the limits of a paleo-Christian one is interpret.ed as preservation of a cult place. There are similar examples ofthis practice at several places in Istria and Dalmatia.
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22.10.1999.
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