A staurotheke of Serbian provenance in Pienza

The paper discusses the virtually unpublished reliquary of Serbian provenance now kept in the Museo Diocesano in Pienza. It tackles the issue of the typology of the staurotheke, its decoration and symbolic significance. Based on its Old-Serbian inscription, “Sava, the first archbishop and patriar...

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Main Author: Popović Danica
Format: Article
Language:deu
Published: Faculty of Philosophy, Belgrade 2012-01-01
Series:Zograf
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Online Access:http://www.doiserbia.nb.rs/img/doi/0350-1361/2012/0350-13611236157P.pdf
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spelling doaj-a5165d3d0013452889a164e9c7f251dd2020-11-24T21:04:29ZdeuFaculty of Philosophy, BelgradeZograf0350-13612012-01-0120123615717010.2298/ZOG1236157PA staurotheke of Serbian provenance in PienzaPopović DanicaThe paper discusses the virtually unpublished reliquary of Serbian provenance now kept in the Museo Diocesano in Pienza. It tackles the issue of the typology of the staurotheke, its decoration and symbolic significance. Based on its Old-Serbian inscription, “Sava, the first archbishop and patriarch of the Serbs”, the reliquary is dated to the last quarter of the fourteenth century and related to the programme of the Serbian Patriarchate. The surviving sources make it possible to reconstruct the road the staurotheke travelled from the treasuries of Žiča and the Patriarchate of Peć to Pienza. [Projekat Ministarstva nauke Republike Srbije, br. 177003: Medieval heritage of the Balkans: Institutions and culture]http://www.doiserbia.nb.rs/img/doi/0350-1361/2012/0350-13611236157P.pdfrelic of the True CrossstaurothekeSt Sava of SerbiaŽičaPatriarchate of PećPienza
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A staurotheke of Serbian provenance in Pienza
Zograf
relic of the True Cross
staurotheke
St Sava of Serbia
Žiča
Patriarchate of Peć
Pienza
author_facet Popović Danica
author_sort Popović Danica
title A staurotheke of Serbian provenance in Pienza
title_short A staurotheke of Serbian provenance in Pienza
title_full A staurotheke of Serbian provenance in Pienza
title_fullStr A staurotheke of Serbian provenance in Pienza
title_full_unstemmed A staurotheke of Serbian provenance in Pienza
title_sort staurotheke of serbian provenance in pienza
publisher Faculty of Philosophy, Belgrade
series Zograf
issn 0350-1361
publishDate 2012-01-01
description The paper discusses the virtually unpublished reliquary of Serbian provenance now kept in the Museo Diocesano in Pienza. It tackles the issue of the typology of the staurotheke, its decoration and symbolic significance. Based on its Old-Serbian inscription, “Sava, the first archbishop and patriarch of the Serbs”, the reliquary is dated to the last quarter of the fourteenth century and related to the programme of the Serbian Patriarchate. The surviving sources make it possible to reconstruct the road the staurotheke travelled from the treasuries of Žiča and the Patriarchate of Peć to Pienza. [Projekat Ministarstva nauke Republike Srbije, br. 177003: Medieval heritage of the Balkans: Institutions and culture]
topic relic of the True Cross
staurotheke
St Sava of Serbia
Žiča
Patriarchate of Peć
Pienza
url http://www.doiserbia.nb.rs/img/doi/0350-1361/2012/0350-13611236157P.pdf
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