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https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.17234/RadoviZHP.55.21
Epigraphic Confirmation of Duke Branimir’s Name in Lepuri near Benkovac (Summary)
Ivan Basić
orcid.org/0000-0003-4781-1292
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This paper shows that a fragment belonging to the inscribed arch of the preRomanesque altar screen in the Church of St. Martin in Lepuri near Benkovac mentions the name of Croatian Duke Branimir (879-892). Although the text is somewhat incomplete, the duke’s name is graphically reproduced in a manner consistent with the entirely preserved inscription mentioning the same duke from Gornji Muć, dated to the year 888. It had been previously established that both reliefs were crafted by the so-called Benedictine stonecarving workshop from the period of Duke Branimir, which reinforces the proposed reading presented herein. The dedicatory inscription of Abbot Theodebert from the same church in Lepuri, dated to Branimir’s reign, was published about a decade ago. Reading the name of the duke on another inscription from Lepuri further narrows the chronological framework for the creation of one of the ensembles of liturgical furnishings in that church, while also opening the possibility that the same stonecarving workshop not only made the reliefs but also the inscriptions at both sites. This is the eighth epigraphic attestation of Duke Branimir.
Ključne riječi
Croatia, Dalmatia, Early Middle Ages, pre-Romanesque, Duke Branimir, Lepuri, Muć Gornji, epigraphy
Hrčak ID:
316289
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Datum izdavanja:
20.4.2024.
Posjeta: 155 *