Original scientific paper

Gloria virtutem tamquam umbra sequitur

Jasna Jeličić-Radonić ; Odsjek za povijest umjetnosti Filozofskog fakulteta Sveučilišta u Splitu, Split, Hrvatska

Abstract

Salona, the capital city of the Roman province Dalmatia, made the focal point of the researches performed by the professor Duje Rendić-Miočević, especially the city emergence and development from the earliest times till the late Roman period. Our knowledge of the urbanism
of Salona is based on the old theses made by Ejnar Dyggve, who performed, mostly test pit, excavations of particular localities of Salona. In one of the latest large revisions of previous researches of the episcopal complex, Dyggve gathered archaeologists from the contemporary museums, thereby passing onto them his valuable experience. One of them was Duje Rendić-Miočević. Although he accepted numerous Dyggve's theses on Salonitan monuments, he often
subjected them to critical analyses, presenting there his own views. His unique approach is evident in some of the studies dedicated to the monumental edifices and complexes of Salona that he researched from all aspects. His far reaching thinking is being confirmed by new discoveries, such as enclosing of the previously built amphitheatre with a new ring of city ramparts. In the same way he also analysed the early Christian monuments, such as the baptistery complex, in an attempt to harmonise opinions of earlier researchers with the Dyggve's suggestion of the course of the baptising liturgy. There, he also suggested some new solutions that may be supplemented with new archaeological discoveries. The Salonitan opus of Duje Rendić- Miočević makes the starting point for future researches of Salona.

Keywords

Salona; Duje Rendić-Miočević; amphitheatre and western ramparts; baptistery complex

Hrčak ID:

186048

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/186048

Publication date:

8.9.2017.

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