Crkva Svetog Tome u Kutima, Sveti Toma, Свети Тома, Црква Светог Томе у Кутима
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Properties
| ID | 117958 |
|---|---|
| System Class | Place |
| Place | Abandoned Church palaioekklesia crkvište |
| Case Study | Beyond East and West: Sacred Landscapes Duklja and Raška , Tabula Imperii Byzantini , TIB 17 |
| Dedication | Saint Thomas |
| Evidence | Ruins |
| Ground Plans | Single Nave Basilica with a Dome |
| Stylistic Classification | Pre-Romanesque |
| Administrative unit | Montenegro , Herceg Novi Municipality |
Description
The Church of St. Thomas in Kuti near Herceg Novi was probably built in the last quarter of the 11th century. It is a single nave edifice with a semicircular apse in the East as well as with semicircular vaults and a dome, indicating a strong Byzantine influence. Fragments of fresco paintings and stone furnishings have been found. A remaining stone altar screen with two parapets indicates a new, Romanesque style. On the other hand, the fresco decoration (dated to the end of the 11th and the beginning of the 12th century) with heads of Saints points to Byzantine artists, having similarities with the frescoes in the chapel and crypt of the katholikon of the Monastery of Hosios Loukas in Phokis and the Church of St. Nicholas on the island of Koločep. The Church of St. Thomas is in ruins with walls preserved up to a maximum height of ca. 2,5 m.
literature
Bošković 1955-1956 — 181 , Curta 2006 — 268 , Djurić 1974b — 26, 189-190 , Djurić 1986 — 55-66 , Fisković 2001 — 415 , Goss 1987 — 124 , Kovačević 1967 , Kovačević/Pušić 1959 — 156-159 , Maksimović 1971 — 27 , Marasović 1960 — 36 , Marasović 1984 — 153 , Marasović 1994 — 83-88 , Marasović 2013 — 339-342 , Marković 2016a — 155, 159-162 , Mijović 1996 — 139, 176 , Nakićenović 1913 — 489 , Pušić 1969 — 20 , Pušić 1986 — 73-77 , Pušić 2006 — 32-34, 108-113 , Stratimirović 1895 — 28 , Vasić 1922 — 33 , Škrivanić 1959 — 73Relations
Artifacts (2)
| Name | Class | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Kuti, Church of St. Thomas, Fresco | Artifact | The remains of frescoes found in the Church of St. Thomas in Kuti date back to the 11th century. Fragments of frescoes reveal several Saints' heads. They were probably made by Byzantine masters, as the similarity can be seen with the painting in the chapel and crypt of the Katholikon of the Monastery of St. Luke in Fokida (Hosios Loukas), but also with the remains of wall painting in the Dubrovnik Cathedral and in St. Nicholas in Koločep. Today, the found fragments are kept in the Regional Museum of Herceg Novi. |
| Kuti, Church of St. Thomas, Parapet Plate | Artifact | In the Church of St. Thomas in Kuti were representative carved stone altar parapets in former times, of which the entire parapet plate with the scene of Adoration of the Cross is the only one preserved. It is probably from the last third of the 11th century. The developed figural decoration is distinguished by two stylistic peculiarities - the pre-Romanesque motif of the cross filled with braids woven with a three-part strip, and on the other hand, the innovative shaping of figures and the abandonment of flatness. Today it is kept in the Regional Museum of Herceg Novi.. |