Original scientific paper
KLOVIC'S MINIATURES IN THE COMMENTARY TO ST PAUL'S EPISTLE
Ivana Prijatelj Pavičić
; Fakultet za prirodoslovno-matematičke znanosti i odgojna područja, Split
Abstract
In the light of Christian alegoresis, dogmatics and apologetics the author diuscusses the allegorical motifs in the miniatures of the manuscript of the Comrnentary to St Paul's Epistle painted by the greatest Croatian miniaturist Julije Klović for his patron Cardinal Marino Grimaldi (1534-1538). The manuscript is now in Soane's Museum in London. The miniatures are illustrations - in the full sense of the word - of Grimani's written theological commentary, a visual and artistic interpretation of his theses. In the texts and illustrations Grimani - the patriarch of Aquileia and Papal Ambassador in Perugia - wished to show that Saint Paul's entire life could be seen as proof of the importance of the three cardinal and four theological virtues necessary for the salvation of every Christian.
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151187
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Publication date:
15.12.1995.
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