Original scientific paper
Notes on the early pre-Romanesque stonemason workshops in northern and central Dalmatia
Mirja Jarak
; Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Zagreb, Department of Archaeology, Zagreb, Croatia
Abstract
This study examines the early pre-Romanesque stonemason workshops in northern and central Dalmatia. Within this region, largely corresponding to the settlement territory of the Croats and the area in which the Croatian Principality was established during the first half of the 9th century, stonemasonry developed primarily through the continuity of workshop traditions maintained in the Byzantine cities of Dalmatia. The paper provides an overview of current knowledge about the workshops of Zadar, Trogir and Split, together with an analysis of the distribution of their craftworks across Croatian territory. It further highlights the significance of urban stonemason workshops in the emergence of two highly accomplished new workshops that were active predominantly within Croatian territory. Building upon existing findings in the literature, the study further proposes new interpretations concerning several important monuments whose workshop attribution has hitherto remained uncertain.
Keywords
pre-Romanesque stonemason workshops; northern and central Dalmatia; Byzantine cities; 8th and 9th centuries
Hrčak ID:
353296
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Publication date:
31.12.2025.
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