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Jurković 1987

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Case Study Beyond East and West: Sacred Landscapes Duklja and Raška

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Miljenko Jurković, O bizantskom utjecaju i autohtonosti nekih likovnih rješenja na predromaničkoj plastici Bosne i Hercegovine, in: Radovi instituta za povijest umjetnosti 11 (1987) 107-113.

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Artifacts (2)
Name Class Description
Church of St. Peter in Zavala, Altar Screen Artifact Among the sculptural remains found during the excavation of the Church of St. Peter in Zavala near Popovo Polje (in the vicinity of Trebinje), the altar screen deserves special attention. The preserved fragments are decorated with three-part ribbon ornaments, and the fragment with depictions of birds is particularly interesting. Most fragments have different geometrical ornaments and images of birds that symbolise the Eucharist. Most scholars date the altar screen to the 9th or 10th century. It is kept in the Museum of Hercegovina in Trebinje.
Rogačići, Archivolt Artifact The preserved archivolt of the ciborium in Rogačići was made in the pre-Romanesque style. Although dated to the 11th century (in earlier literature even dated to the 12th century), the possibility that it was created in an earlier time cannot be ruled out. Fragments of the archivolt were found during the excavation of the six-leafed church in Rogačići, and today they are kept in the National Museum of Bosnia and Herzegovina in Sarajevo.
Places (3)
Name Class Begin End Description
Rogačići Place The church in Rogačići is a six-leaf edifice erected north of the Bosna River's source, probably in the second half of the 9th and the beginning of the 10th century. Today only the foundations have remained. No historical records have been found about this edifice. Some researchers, judging by the well preserved ciborium, believe that this church was renewed or embellished in the 11th century, which corresponds to the mass Christianisation of the Serbs (the ground plan of the church also indicates that its main purpose was for mass baptism).
Vrutci, Church of St. Stephen Place The Church of St. Stephen is situated in the village of Vrutci, in the vicinity to the Bosna's source. It was built in the second half of the 9th and the beginning of the 10th century. At the time the village of Vrutci was probably a strong political and cultural center of which testifies this Church. It is a single nave longitudinal edifice with a rectangular apse on its eastern end. Many fragments of pre-Romanesque low relief sculpture have been discovered that were once part of altar screens, ciboria, ambones, etc. An the end of 13th and the beginning of the 14th century a necropolis was added.
Zavala, Church of St. Peter Place The Church of St. Peter in Zavala is situated on the Western rim of Popovo Polje, 50km to the West of the town of Trebinje. It is first mentioned in the written sources from the 16th century. The original appearance of the Church of St. Peter in Zavala is interpreted in two ways: as an example of a building with four pillars, like the Church of St. Mikula in Split (Tihić / Basler) or as a single-nave building (Jovanović). The church is known for its sculptural decoration dated to the 9th and the 10th centuries, however fragments of the altar screen undoubtedly point to the conclusion that the Church of St. Peter in Zavala was built probably in the 11th century. Researchers believe that the sculptural decoration belonged to the original church (which indicates that the remains of today's church are of a much later date) or they were transferred from the church, the remains of which were found beneath the katholikon of the nearby Monastery of Zavala. Remains of the alter screen with motifs of the Eucharist, ambons and tombstones are kept at the Museum of Hercegovina in Trebinje. Most fragments have different geometrical ornaments and images of birds that symbolise the Eucharist.