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Towards a Better Understanding of the Dubrovnik Goldsmiths of the 14th century
Vinicije B. Lupis
; Povijesni arhiv, Dubrovnik
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On the basis of minute study of the historical sources and documents of Dubrovnik patrician familes the author provieds new information conceming the ordering of art objects for the convent of St Clare in Dubro- vnik. His research centres on two reliquarles of the head of St Andrew Apostle, one of which has the name of the donor, the Clarissan Priba Ruskova de Sorrento, and the reliquaries of two feet, of St Theodora and St Eustacia, noted as being from the same donor. A comparison of these with the reliquary of St Silvester in Zader, the work of the Kotor master goldsmiths Melše and Radoslav shows that the Kotor goldsmiths in 1367 only had two rather worn and partly repaired matrices and that a little later the Dubrovnik goldsmiths had unused matrices showing four scenes from the life of Christ. A consideration of fashion and weapons allowed the author to conclude that the work he was studying may be dated late 13 or early 14 century. He considers that the matrices may have been of French provenance bearing in mind the illuminations of French manuscripts of the time found in Croatia and the known links between France and the coast. The author calls attention to the widely practiced exchange of matrices from Zadar to the surroundings of Dubrovnik showing the important interrelationship of medieval cultural centres. Priba Ruskova de Sorrento was among the small number of famous donors in 14 century Croatia of reliquaries made of precious metals, leaving a valuable heritage which has come down through the stormy centuries until today.
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Datum izdavanja:
15.12.1996.
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