Preliminary communication

The rhomboid breverl from Novska

Sebastijan Stingl orcid.org/0000-0002-9203-1650 ; Institute of Archaeology, Zagreb, Croatia

Abstract

The archaeological excavations carried out outside and inside the Church of St. Luke the Evangelist in Novska defined two burial horizons: a dominant late medieval horizon and an Early Modern, post-Ottoman horizon, which is defined only in the church interior. Only six graves can be reliably dated to the Early Modern burial horizon; standing out among the few finds there is a large rhomboid breverl found among dislocated ribs in the filling of grave 66. It is made of a copper alloy and decorated with the monogram of Christ on the front and the monogram of Mary on the back. Inside the breverl there are poorly preserved remains of paper and a wooden cross, which may have served to hold relics.

Keywords

Early Modern period; graveyard; devotional objects; breverl; paper; Novska; Church of St. Luke the Evangelist

Hrčak ID:

289664

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/289664

Publication date:

30.12.2022.

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