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An early medieval Greek inscription from Dubrovnik

Niko Kapetanić

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The author examines a previously unnoticed fragment of medieval stone sculpture bearing a Greek inscription. The inscription is dated to the 9th century and most probably belonged to one of the sacral buildings that have since disappeared. Given its proximity to the findspot, it is presumed to have originated from the Church of Sts. Cosmas and Damian, which preceded the Chapel of St. Bartholomew and was located closest to the place where the stone fragment was discovered.
The paper also discusses the existence of another Greek inscription preserved on a processional cross from Župa dubrovačka, as well as the occurrence of Graecising letter forms in the inscriptions on the reliquary containing the head of St. Blaise. The particular significance of the find from Dubrovnik lies in the fact that it is accompanied by the same pre-Romanesque ensemble of carved stone ornament as that found on a precisely dated group of stone church furnishings from the site of St. Peter’s, within the present-day perimeter of the city of Dubrovnik.

Ključne riječi

Dubrovnik; pre-Romanesque; Greek inscription; church stone furnishings; epigraphy

Hrčak ID:

353331

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/353331

Datum izdavanja:

31.12.2025.

Podaci na drugim jezicima: hrvatski

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