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Original scientific paper

The rotunda of Holy Trinity (St. Donatus’ Church) in Zadar: the function of the hidden chamber and the southern annex*

Ana Mišković ; Sveučilište u Zadru, Odjel za povijest umjetnosti, Zadar, Hrvatska


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Abstract

This paper analyzes two intriguing chambers in the complex structure of the Holy Trinity (St. Donatus) Church in Zadar. One is out of sight, hidden in the space between the lower and upper northern lateral apse. It could have been used as a treasury or depository of church treasures. Similar spaces are found in Late Antiquity structures in Ravenna. The other chamber is actually the entire – now gone – southern annex to the church. Based on analogies, and also on the Baroque alterations that resulted in a closer connection between St. Donatus’ Church and the chapter house and sacristy of the Zadar Cathedral, it is believed it could have been used as a sekreton or conference hall – a sacristy of a sort.

Keywords

Donatus; sacristy; annex; treasury; ritual; matroneum; Byzantium

Hrčak ID:

217424

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/217424

Publication date:

15.2.2019.

Article data in other languages: croatian

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