The Image and the Cult: The Icon of Joyful Lady of Bac
Abstract
This paper focuses on the development of the cult of the late 17th century icon of the Virgin with the Child, known as Joyful Lady of Bat. from its origins to the present day. Painted in the manner of late Byzantine art, and preserved in the Franciscan monastery of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin in Bat, this Italo-Cretan icon was and still is highly venerated by local Slavic population of both Catholic and Orthodox denominations. At one point this icon also started to be venerated as the icon of Our Lady of Gradovrh, miraculous icon from the Franciscan monastery in Gradovrh near Tuzla in Bosnia. Through this case study, the paper aims at highlighting the fact that in the areas, where during many centuries population of both Catholic and Orthodox denominations lived together, the ways of veneration of holy images differed little among them in both form and essence.
Keywords:
Virgin Mary / Veneration / Icon / Gradovrh / Franciscans / Cult / BacSource:
Etnoantropološki problemi, 2020, 15, 1, 335-348Publisher:
- Univerzitet u Beogradu - Filozofski fakultet - Odeljenje za etnologiju i antropologiju, Beograd
Funding / projects:
- Christian culture in the Balkans in the Middle Ages: Byzantine Empire, the Serbs and the Bulgarians from the 9th to the 15th century (RS-MESTD-Basic Research (BR or ON)-177015)
Institution/Community
Istorija umetnosti / History of ArtTY - JOUR AU - Piperski, Nikola PY - 2020 UR - http://reff.f.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/3211 AB - This paper focuses on the development of the cult of the late 17th century icon of the Virgin with the Child, known as Joyful Lady of Bat. from its origins to the present day. Painted in the manner of late Byzantine art, and preserved in the Franciscan monastery of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin in Bat, this Italo-Cretan icon was and still is highly venerated by local Slavic population of both Catholic and Orthodox denominations. At one point this icon also started to be venerated as the icon of Our Lady of Gradovrh, miraculous icon from the Franciscan monastery in Gradovrh near Tuzla in Bosnia. Through this case study, the paper aims at highlighting the fact that in the areas, where during many centuries population of both Catholic and Orthodox denominations lived together, the ways of veneration of holy images differed little among them in both form and essence. PB - Univerzitet u Beogradu - Filozofski fakultet - Odeljenje za etnologiju i antropologiju, Beograd T2 - Etnoantropološki problemi T1 - The Image and the Cult: The Icon of Joyful Lady of Bac EP - 348 IS - 1 SP - 335 VL - 15 DO - 10.21301/eap.v15i1.12 ER -
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Piperski, N.. (2020). The Image and the Cult: The Icon of Joyful Lady of Bac. in Etnoantropološki problemi Univerzitet u Beogradu - Filozofski fakultet - Odeljenje za etnologiju i antropologiju, Beograd., 15(1), 335-348. https://doi.org/10.21301/eap.v15i1.12
Piperski N. The Image and the Cult: The Icon of Joyful Lady of Bac. in Etnoantropološki problemi. 2020;15(1):335-348. doi:10.21301/eap.v15i1.12 .
Piperski, Nikola, "The Image and the Cult: The Icon of Joyful Lady of Bac" in Etnoantropološki problemi, 15, no. 1 (2020):335-348, https://doi.org/10.21301/eap.v15i1.12 . .