Original scientific paper
LITURGICAL SILVER-WARE OF THE »ABBOT'S TREASURY" IN KORČULA
Ivo Matijica
; Opatska riznica u Korčuli
Alena Fazinić
; Opatska riznica u Korčuli
Abstract
Numerous articles of liturgical and ritual silver acquired over the years for use in the local cathedral are kept and exhibited in the »Abbot's Treasury«, in Korčula. The articles include chalices, monstrances, reliquaries, hammered silver plaques depicting religious scenes, bishop's staff, canonical tablets, thuribles and censers, salvers, vessels for holly
water, processional and altar crosses, lamps, candelabra, candlesticks
and other items. From documents, records of bishops, visitations and inventories, it is evident that Korčula Cathedral was rich in sacral silverware, although throughout the centuries damaged pieces were utilised to manufacture new objects. This resulted in the oldest pieces - which are believed to have been made in local workshops - being forever lost. The existing liturgical vessels and decorative articles were made between the 15th and 19th centuries. Gothic and Renaissance chalices, silver reliefs of sacral motifs and thuribles are recorded in the oldest preserved inventory, dating from 1541 and are believed to have been the work of local goldsmiths, mainly from Dubrovnik. According to documents and the markings on the objects themselves, the majority of the silver was acquired from Venice in the 17th and 18th centuries. At the beginning of the 19th century, a considerable quantity of damaged silverware was given to the Venetian goldsmith Francesco Conchini,
who used them to produce new vessels and decorations. In the second half of the 19th century, several pieces were made by the Korčula goldsmith, Vicko Caenazzo.
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Hrčak ID:
165164
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Publication date:
15.12.1985.
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