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Kotor, Church of St. Mary (Collegiata), Fresco Painting

Begin 01.01.1300
End 31.12.1330

Properties

ID 133131
System Class Artifact
Artifact Fresco
Case Study Beyond East and West: Sacred Landscapes Duklja and Raška , Tabula Imperii Byzantini , TIB 17
Stylistic Classification Romanesque

Description

After the devastating earthquakes in 1979 the Church of St. Mary (Collegiata) in Kotor was left damaged. Restoration works followed soon after, when frescoes were found in the dome, the apse, on the Southern and Western walls of the Western bay, indicating the early 14th century in terms of style and iconography. A fresco of Christ Pantocrator is partially preserved in the dome, the Crucifixion is partially preserved in the apse, while the best preserved scene is the one that begins the cycle of Christ's sufferings, which is Christ before Pilate, etc.

Relations

Places (1)
Name Class Begin End Description
Kotor, Church of St. Mary (Collegiata) Place 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.

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The Frescoes in the Church of St. Mary (Collegiata) in Kotor
The Frescoes in the Church of St. Mary (Collegiata) in Kotor
The Frescoes in the Church of St. Mary (Collegiata) in Kotor
The Frescoes in the Church of St. Mary (Collegiata) in Kotor
The Fresco of Christ Pantocrator in the Dome in the Church of St. Mary (Collegiata) in Kotor
The Fresco of Christ Pantocrator in the Dome in the Church of St. Mary (Collegiata) in Kotor
The Fresco of the Crucifixion in the Apse of the Church of St. Mary (Collegiata) in Kotor
The Fresco of the Crucifixion in the Apse of the Church of St. Mary (Collegiata) in Kotor