Original scientific paper
https://doi.org/10.31664/ripu.2019.43.04
The Illustrations in the Glagolitic Books Printed by Bishop Šimun Kožičić Benja in Rijeka (1530–1531)
Ivan Ferenčak
orcid.org/0000-0001-9443-0420
; Hrvatska akademija znanosti i umjetnosti, Strossmayerova galerija starih majstora, Zagreb
Abstract
The Glagolitic printing office in Rijeka was established by Bishop Šimun Kožičić Benja at the end of the year 1530 and in about six or seven months published six books in the Glagolitic script. As a group, these books contain six illustrations and a set of historiated Latin initials that connects them with contemporary Venetian publications and book design. By examining books printed in Venice during the first decades of the 16th century, the author has identified models for most of the illustrations and the initials printed by Kožičić. The illustrations used in books printed in Rijeka are analysed regarding their stylistic and iconographical features, and interpreted as carefully chosen elements of a visual program that reflects the idea of Kožičić’s publishing undertaking.
Keywords
book illustration; woodcuts; Glagolitic printed books; Glagolitic printing office in Rijeka; Rijeka Missal (Misal hruacki); Bishop Šimun Kožičić Benja; 16th century
Hrčak ID:
233936
URI
Publication date:
31.12.2019.
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