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Properties
| ID | 132774 |
|---|---|
| System Class | Artifact |
| Artifact | Church Furnishing |
| Case Study | Beyond East and West: Sacred Landscapes Duklja and Raška , Tabula Imperii Byzantini , TIB 17 |
| Stylistic Classification | Pre-Romanesque |
Description
In the Church of Saint Archangel Michael in Ston several original pieces of architectural decoration and church furnishing, dated to the 11th century, have been preserved. All openings of the Early Medieval building, that have been preserved, indicate the pre-Romanesque bas-relief style of their frames and the Early Medieval frescoes in the interior, which harmonise the composition with the arrangement of the windows. The relief decoration was made in the pre-Romanesque style (some of the researchers like Jurković and Tomas recognise two chronological layers of the sculpture).
The lintel, used in a secondary function as a tombstone, is decorated with three crosses, connected to each other by a two-bar braid. The upper field has an inscription, which has been interpreted and dated differently in historiography. B. Gabričević recognised the verse in the inscription as follows:
(ARCHANGELUS) MICHAELUS FORTITER SUPER
SECO PACIFICOQUE OMNES ROMANOS
Among the fragments of liturgical furniture the remains of the altar screen and ciborium can be recognised.
literature
Babić 1995 — 15-21 , Djurić/Babić-Djordjević 1997a — 30-33 , Gabričević 1958 — 93-96 , Jurković 1983 — 165-184 , Jurković 1984 , Jurković 1985 — 183-199 , Ljubinković 1964 — 223-229 , Lučić 1962 — 81-116 , Maksimović 1971 — 28-29 , Marasović 2013 — 29-39 , Marković 2016a — 159 , Ostojić 1962 — 34-39 , Tomas 2016a — 41-60 , Vego 1961 — 61-75 , Vlašić 1956 — 95-96Relations
Places (1)
| Name | Class | Begin | End | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ston, Church of St. Archangel Michael | Place | The Church of Saint Michael the Archangel in Ston was probably erected by Prince Stefan Vojislav, the archont of the Serbs and a Terbounian Serb (reigned ca. 1037-1050), in the first half of the 11th century. The church is situated on top of the hill named Gradac and it might have served as a palace church. Its a rectangular, single-nave building, which is divided with composite pilasters into three bays (the middle one has a blind dome, while Eastern and Western have groin vaults) and a bell-tower situated on its Western side. The altar apse is semicircular inside and rectangular on the outside. The exterior is decorated with lesenes and niches, while door frames and stone window have low-relief decoration. Fresco decoration has been severely damaged but we can still recognize its iconographical programme. Certainly the most significant is the fresco decoration of the ktetor who is holding a model of the church and along with Latin inscriptions we can conclude that the paintings are of Western pre-Romanesque and Byzantine influence finished probably around 1050 (for sure until 1081). |