The Icon from Poganovo Monastery
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From the middle of the 20th century onward, the icon from Poganovo monastery has been the subject of research among scholars scientists. It was found in the monastery of Saint John the Theologian near Poganovo. For some time, the icon was kept in the crypt of the Cathedral Church of Alexander Nevsky in Sofia, Bulgaria. It was recently moved to the Archeological Museum in Sofia.
The icon is double-sided object; one side shows the Miracle of Latomos. This composition is very specific and appears only three time in Early Christian and Byzantine visual culture: in the mosaic in the apse of the church of Hosios David in Thessaloniki from the 5th or 6th century, in mural painting in the upper church of the ossuary of the Bachkovo monastery from the 12th century and in the Icon from Poganovo from the 14th century. On the other side, the icon shows the Mother of God and St. John the Evangelist. The Mother of God bears the epithet Kataphyge which means refuge, and John the Theologian.
The... votive inscription in Greek on in the icon “[Ελένη έ]ν Χ(ριστ)ω τω Θ(ε)ω πιστή βασίλισσα” (in Christ God the faithful basilissa Helena) written between the figures of the Mother of God and St. Jonh, incited a question about the ktetor’s identity among researchers. According to the title basilissa the older generation of researchers, such as André Grabar, Todor Gerasimov, and André Xyngopoulos, considered that the ktetor of the icon was the Byzantine empress Helena Dragaš Palaiologina (r. 1392–1424). Gordana Babić offered a different hypothesis about the ktetor’s identity. According to the inscriptions in documents and frescoes, she came to the conclusion that the title basilissa was applied to the wife of the despot. Based on the complex iconography and the Mother of God’s epithet, she argued that the ktetor of the Icon from Poganovo was basilissa Helena Mrnjavčević (c. 1349–1405). This interpretation has been accepted among researchers to this day. Based on its stylistic features, the icon was probably painted after 1371 in a workshop in Thessaloniki.
Кључне речи:
The Icon from Poganovo Monastery / basilissa Helena Mrnjavčević / the Miracle of LatomosИзвор:
Mapping Eastern Europe, eds. M. A. Rossi and A. I. Sullivan, 2021, 2023Издавач:
- Princeton University
Финансирање / пројекти:
- Mapping Eastern Europe, sponsored by the International Center of Medieval Art through the 2021 Advocacy Seed Grant
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- Mapping Eastern Europe is a new digital and interactive platform intended to promote study, research, and teaching about the history, art, and culture of Eastern Europe between the 13th and 17th centuries among students, teachers, scholars, and the wider public https://mappingeasterneurope.princeton.edu/item/the-icon-from-poganovo-monastery.html
Институција/група
Istorija umetnosti / History of ArtVinulović, L.. (2023). The Icon from Poganovo Monastery. in Mapping Eastern Europe, eds. M. A. Rossi and A. I. Sullivan, 2021 Princeton University.. https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_reff_5963
Vinulović L. The Icon from Poganovo Monastery. in Mapping Eastern Europe, eds. M. A. Rossi and A. I. Sullivan, 2021. 2023;. https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_reff_5963 .
Vinulović, Ljubica, "The Icon from Poganovo Monastery" in Mapping Eastern Europe, eds. M. A. Rossi and A. I. Sullivan, 2021 (2023), https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_reff_5963 .