Original scientific paper
Kamena ikona iz Crkvine u Biskupiji kod Knina
Miroslav Katić
orcid.org/0000-0002-6450-0165
; Museum of Croatian Archaeological Monuments, Split, Croatia
Abstract
The representation of the Madonna on the gable of the altar screen from Crkvina in Biskupija (B) was coloured. Shallow carvings on the flat stone surface form the lines of the robe (maphorion), fully shaped only after its colouring. Previous stylistic analyses indicated that another gable existed along with this one, with a similar, subsequently erased depiction (C). The top of the gable (A) belonged to the same group. Judging by its steep angle of descent towards the altar screen, it was the largest. It prob- ably bore the figure of Christ above the central doors. The third gable (C) most likely had a depiction of John the Baptist or some other saint. The altar screen gables from the second half of the 11th century in Crkvina at Biskupija had three flatly depicted figures whose articulated composition represented the Deësis. The Madonna of Biskupija has no broader parallels in our mediaeval art. It was produced in a combination of sculpting and painting, perhaps under a more extensive project of restoration of the church of St. Mary in the second half of the 11th century, when a new altar screen was installed and the interior painted with frescoes
Keywords
Biskupija; church of St. Mary; altar screen gable; Madonna; icon;
Hrčak ID:
258520
URI
Publication date:
1.6.2021.
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