Original scientific paper
Stone Furniture From the Church of St. Lucia at Pula
Vendi Jukić
; Archaeological Museum of Istria, Pula, Croatia
Abstract
he church of St. Lucia was first mentioned by
Pietro Kandler on the site where fragments of church
architectural sculpture were discovered, which are the
subject of this work. Only the foundations of the church
are preserved, and they were strengthened with the help
of lesenes. The structure has the form of a single-nave
church, and the shape of the interiors is thus simple.
Architectonic elements belonging to a church were
unearthed, together with parts of an altar screen and
architectural parts that are not homogeneous. The depicted
motifs are in the shape of a cross and Christ’s monogram
within a circle. Some fragments have zoomorphic and
vegetal ornamentation. A part of the church furniture was
made of limestone of varying quality, most probably in
local workshops. Some fragments, a pillar and a section
of a transenna, were made of imported marble. The finds
were dated into the early Christian period, around the 6th
century, based on an analysis of the motifs, the manner
of execution, and the type of altar screen (an altar screen
of the elevated type - a pergola). The motifs encountered
on these finds are frequent and they fit perfectly with the
most widely used motifs employed for the decoration of
church architectural sculpture on the eastern shores of
the Adriatic in the early Christian period.
Keywords
early Christianity church; liturgical furniture; Christ’s monogram; workshops
Hrčak ID:
63730
URI
Publication date:
19.11.2010.
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