La charte et l’espace sacré : les actes royaux transcrits dans les peintures murales serbes (XIIIe-XIVe siècles) et leur contexte symbolique
Year: 2009
Type: article
Abstract: After receiving the crown from Rome in 1217, Stefan, the first king of Serbia, made the church of the Saviour at the monastery of ˇ Zic ˇ a the seat of an autocephalic archdiocese and the coronation site of his new dynasty. The foundation was confirmed in three solemn charters, whose texts were transcribed on the walls of the porch of the church. These texts were part of a complex programme for organising the sacred space. Their contents and the liturgical iconography surrounding them defined the inscriptions’ ideological and theological significance. An analysis of the programme elaborated in the porch demonstrates the protective power provided by the interaction between the doorway, the sacred imagery and the symbolism of the texts, inscribed apotropaically on the walls. This example inspired similar inscriptions made during the reign ofMilutin (1282-1321).
Author: Smilja Marjanović -Dušanić
Language: English
Subfield: Classics
Field: Arts and Humanities
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W2297217271