Properties
| ID | 133121 |
|---|---|
| System Class | |
| Artifact | Sculpture |
| Case Study | Beyond East and West: Sacred Landscapes Duklja and Raška |
Description
Remains of sculptural decoration found in the lower layers of the altar apse and the sacristy, as well as the remains of church furniture, allow a certain reconstruction of the Early Christian basilica that was located on the site of the present-day Church dedicated to St. Mary. The decoration consists mainly of floral, geometric motifs (interlacing) and motifs of the so-called laufer der hund. The remains of the altar architrave beam, which consists of a three-part braid and an inscription in Latin IN N(OMINE) D(OMI)NI ET S (ALVATORI)... (J)OHANNIS CVM CONIV(GE), were found. The name Ivan that is read in the inscription is probably the bishop of Kotor with his wife. More parts of the inscription were found, but they were not preserved enough to allow interpretation.
Above the Early Christian baptistery, a triangular pediment with an archivolt was found carved in local yellow limestone. The interweaving and motifs are similar to the motifs of Prince Ivan's inscription, whose tombstone was also excavated.
The lintel with the inscription above the portal of the church also belongs to this group and its states: IN NOMINE D(OMI)NI D(E)I SALVATORI NOSTRIS IHS XPI INTER ANTUBVUS PAX EXIENTIBUS SALVTE.
Literature
Abramović 2011/2012 — 107-154 , Fisković 1980 — 70-71 , Jakšić 2009 — 108 , Kovačević 1956 — 4-5 , Kovačić 2010 — 25-26 , Lončar 2006 — 186-193 , Marasović 2001/2002 — 62 , Martinović/Plociennik/Starzynski 2016 — 33-34 , Mijović 1962/1963 — 27-47 , Pušić 1971 — 42 , Rapanić 1963 — 113 , Vežić/Lončar 2009 — 79, 101 , Vujičić 2007 — 50-51Relations
Places (1)
| Name | Class | Begin | End | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kotor, Church of St. Mary (Collegiata) | Place | between 01.01.0500 and 01.01.0800 | between 31.12.1221 and 31.12.1434 | The Church of St. Mary Collegiata is located in the old town of Kotor on the Northern side. The first building was erected in the 6th century and was a three nave basilica with vaulted side naves, three semicircular apses on the Eastern side and a synthronon. The church fits typically into the Early Christian basilica architecture in the Eastern Adriatic. It was remodelled in the early 9th century. In the time of the Serbian King Stefan Radoslav (reigned 1228-1234) and the Bishop of Kotor in 1221, a new Romanesque single-nave church with an apse on the Eastern side and a dome over the middle aisle was built in the area of the middle nave of the original basilica. In the 14th century the building was fresco painted. Also fragments of plaster were found (both from the first and the second building phase). There are entrances (portals) on the Western and Southern side. On the lintel on the Southern entrance is an inscription in Latin. In 1434 the Chapel of St. John the Baptist was built on the Northern side of the church. A bell tower, situated on the North-Eastern side of the church, was erected in 1771, according to the Latin inscription placed on its Southern side. Relics of the local Saint Ozana are kept in the Church. |