Original scientific paper

Early Christian Marble Corinthian Capitals from Dubrovnik

Bartul Šiljeg orcid.org/0000-0003-2286-7775 ; Institute of Archaeology, Zagreb, Croatia

Abstract

In his 1959 paper on the early Christian monuments from Dubrovnik, Cvito Fisković published three marble Corinthian capitals. From then on everyone has accepted his dating to the 5th/6th century, analyzing the capitals in the context of the early Christian architecture. The capitals are dated here to a narrower time frame, starting with the year 480 until 540, based on analogies from early Byzantine Empire. The capitals from Ravenna from the time of Teodoricus represent the lower time limit, while the upper limit is determined by the cargo of a ship sunk off Marzamemi. The marble probably comes from the Proconnesus workshops and represents a luxury product of that time. By virtue of their size the capitals indicate that they belonged to a large building. Doubt remains as to the origin of the building: Epidaurus or Ragusium?

Keywords

early Christianity; Corinthian capitals; marble; Ragusium; Dubrovnik

Hrčak ID:

25727

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/25727

Publication date:

9.7.2008.

Article data in other languages: croatian

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