Archaeologia Adriatica, Vol. 2 No. 2, 2008.
Original scientific paper
Early Pre-Romanesque Gables from the Islands of Krk, Cres, Rab, and Pag
Mirja Jarak
; Odsjek za arheologiju, Filozofski fakultet u Zagrebu
Abstract
In the article the author describes and analyzes the pre-Romanesque gables from the northern Adriatic islands of Krk, Cres, Rab, and Pag. Various collections on these islands contain early medieval stone material, including fragmentarily preserved gables or tympanums of altar screens. Two gables each come from Pag and Rab, and one each from Krk and Cres. The analyzed and dated gables are also discussed in the article in the context of the development of early medieval art in the eastern Adriatic. The significance is emphasized of the early pre-Romanesque gables for understanding the general development of altar screen gables in the eastern Adriatic. In comparison with the early gables from Italy, certain differences are present that indicate an independent development of the gables on each of the Adriatic coasts. This insight has strengthened observations to the present in the Croatian literature about the independent development of altar screen gables on the eastern Adriatic coast.
Keywords
northern Adriatic islands of Krk, Cres, Rab and Pag; altar screen gables; early pre-Romanesque; Italy
Hrčak ID:
37053
URI
Publication date:
23.5.2009.
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