Original scientific paper
https://doi.org/10.47960/2712-1844.2025.11.71
Bosnian Queen Katarina – Symbolic Aspects of her Legacy in 16th Century
Stjepan Ćosić
; Institut for Migration Research, Zagreb
Abstract
The paper examines various representational aspects of the heritage of the Bosnian Queen Katari-na (1425-1478) in the context of identity efforts and anti-Ottoman politics of the protagonists of humanistic Illyrianism at the end of the 16th century. It is discussed about the origin and content of the Genealogy of the Bosnian Lords from 1584 and the painting of the Resurrected Christ and King Stjepan Tomaš from 1461, Catherine's coat of arms in the Genealogy as a code for interpret-ing the idea of Translatio regni to the Holy See and the fate of the queen's tombstone with the ep-itaphs and coats of arms. The role of the Albanian noble family Angeli (alb. Engjëlli) in promot-ing their own and Catherine's imperial genealogy, as well as the unquestionability of her testament and finally the "selection" of the queen's portrait in the spirit of romantic historicism of the 19th century, are discussed in particular.
Keywords
Bosnian queen Katarina Kosača Kotromanić; Heraldry; Symbolism; Queen's will; Queen's tomb-stone in Rome; Early modern Illyrianism; Albanian noble family Angel
Hrčak ID:
335512
URI
Publication date:
1.10.2025.
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