Original scientific paper

Majkovi in the Middle Ages

Vinicije B. Lupis orcid.org/0000-0001-8516-9312 ; Institut društvenih znanosti Ivo Pilar Područni centar Dubrovnik
Antun Koncul orcid.org/0000-0002-0862-4155 ; Arhiv Dubrovačke biskupije, Dubrovnik
Đivo Sjekavica ; HR, Mokošica Između dolaca 6

Abstract

The history and archaeological and cultural heritage
of Majkovi, a settlement in the south-eastern coastal
area of the present-day municipality Dubrovačko primorje
(Dubrovnik littoral), is discussed by the authors
in this work. The mentioned subjects are examined
through the prism of Dubrovačko primorje, to which
this settlement geographically belongs. From the archaeological
point of view, Majkovi is an unchartered
area, which has not yet been recorded on the archaeological
map of marked sites from the prehistoric and
ancient period. There are two mediaeval graveyards
with tombstones whose fragments were mostly used
as spolia in the churches of Majkovi. From the same
time is the preserved inscription on the lintel from the older mediaeval church in Majkovi. The topographic
map in this work provides us with an overall archaeological
topography of this area, but also pinpoints
possible archaeological sites on the map. In terms of
the written word, particularly important for Majkovi
are the still preserved statutes of the confraternity of
Gornji and Donji Majkovi from 1560 and the land
register of Dubrovačko primorje from 1399. The procession
crucifix in St. Stephan’s Church in Gornji Majkovi
is a unique example of Gothic reutilisation of an
older Romanesque reliquary (13th century) into a procession
crucifix in the 14th century. At the same time,
it represents the oldest preserved exemplar of sacral
goldsmith’s art in Dubrovačko primorje.

Keywords

tumulus; tombstone; mediaeval inscription; statute; property register; procession crucifix

Hrčak ID:

92539

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/92539

Publication date:

17.12.2012.

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