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Original scientific paper

https://doi.org/10.52064/vamz.54.1.15

The appearance of an inscribed cross in the square plan of the church of St. Tryphon, in Kotor, at the beginning of the 9th century

Marinko Tomasović


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Abstract

The article considers the appearance of the church of St Tryphon
in Kotor as an exceptional element in the early-medieval
architecture of Dalmatia at the beginning of the 9th century. The
central plan has parallels in the church of St Thomas in nearby
Prčanj. The possibility of the origins of this architectural type
coming from southern-Italian Apulia is rejected. The architecture
of churches of the Bay of Kotor is viewed through the
creative development of Byzantine artistic expression. This is
concluded, to a certain extent, on the basis of the continuity of
architectural solutions in Late Antiquity in the eastern Adriatic.
On the other hand, the contemporary impulses generated in
Byzantine structures of the 7th–9th centuries are also recognized,
but also marked by elaborations of the previous achievements
of Late Antiquity.

Keywords

St Tryphon in Kotor, St Thomas in Prčanj, central plan, Byzantine architecture of the 7th–9th centuries, cross-in-square plan churches, Apulian churches, Late Antiquity morphology

Hrčak ID:

266423

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/266423

Publication date:

6.12.2021.

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