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Original scientific paper

THE INITIAL OF THE EXULTET FROM THE OSOR EVANGELIARIUM

Branka Pecarski


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Abstract

Vat. Borg. Lat. 339 is written in Osor, Dalmatia (hence the name) in 1081/2. Its 59 folios are lavishly decorated by 43 painted initials and the monogram E for the Exultet. It bears radionces of the Apulian art and is affiliated with the Bari cathedral Roll No 2. The Osor Exultet initial is an interesting example of relations between liturgy and visual art. Given small space of a page, all persons and accessories who appear in great Italian Rolls are reduced to the essential only : there its just a deacon who lights Eastern candle and, as a direct participant in liturgy, Christ Himself as archpriest between two angels. The liturgical placing of Christ is the first known example in the yet unpublished series of examples of liturgy in Dalmatia, all the way to the sculptures of the Trogir cathedral in the 13th century.

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Hrčak ID:

120050

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/120050

Publication date:

13.4.1987.

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