Ars Adriatica, No. 9, 2019.
Preliminary communication
https://doi.org/10.15291/ars.2924
New Insights on the Illumination Oeuvre of the Scriptorium of Bartol of Krbava
Ivan Ferenčak
orcid.org/0000-0001-9443-0420
; Strossmayer's Gallery of the Old Masters, Croatian Academy of Arts and Sciences, Zagreb
Abstract
The article discusses the problem of attributing the illumination of Glagolitic codices produced by Bartol of Krbava during the first quarter of the 15th century. Four codices have been presented – the Berlin, Roč, and Ljubljana (Beram) Missals, as well as the Hum Breviary – followed by the history of their research, with particular reference to the earlier attributions of the illuminations. Selected miniature examples have been subjected to a comparative analysis of form and style in order to separate the activity of various illuminators within the scriptorium and to propose attributions for several codices and two fragments, here associated for the first time with the activity of Bartol’s scriptorium. The author has scrutinized the previous research in order to verify the earlier conclusions about Bartol’s move from the southern Krbava region to Istria, which have recently been questioned. An appendix includes new, revised, and corrected lists of miniatures from all the codices.
Keywords
Bartol of Krbava; Glagolitic codices; miniature painting; illumination; 15th century
Hrčak ID:
231282
URI
Publication date:
24.12.2019.
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