Praying for a Franciscan in an Orthodox Church: Remembering the Master Builder in the Inscription of the Dečani Monastery
Molitva za franjevca u jednoj pravoslavnoj crkvi: Sećanje na protomajstora u natpisu manastira Dečana
Apstrakt
This paper explores the memory of the master builder of the Dečani monastery as it was “performed” through the inscription of the south portal of the monastery’s katholikon. Despite the confessional differences, Fra Vita, a Franciscan friar from Kotor, was allowed to place his name on the (Orthodox) church. Moreover, he was permitted to place it beside those of the royal founders, King Stefan Uroš III and his son Stefan Dušan. By focusing on the carved representation in the lunette of the south portal and through the devotional, confessional, and political contextualizations, this paper demonstrates the performative nature of the Dečani inscription and the nuanced complexity of the memory that it cherishes.
Ovaj rad posvećen je istraživanju oblikovanja sećanja na glavnog graditelja
katolikona manastira Dečana, čije ime je sačuvano u sklopu natpisa južnog portala.
Bez obzira na konfesionalne razlike, fra Viti, franjevacu iz Kotora, bilo je dozvoljeno
da zabeleži svoje ime na (pravoslavnoj) crkvi. Štaviše, dopušteno mu je da to učini odmah uz imena ktitora, kralja Stefana Uroša III i njegovog sina Stefana Dušana. Putem
sagledavanja natpisa u kontekstu pobožnih praksi, konfesionalnih razlika i političkih
zbivanja, kao i analizom predstave u luneti južnog portala, rad ima za cilj da pokaže
njegov performativni karakter u službi očuvanja memorije.
Ključne reči:
construction of memory / prayer / confessional differences / Fra Vita / Dečani monastery / oblikovanje sećanja / molitva / konfesionalne razlike / manastir DečaniIzvor:
Antropologija, 2023, 23, 3, 35-51Izdavač:
- Institut za etnologiju i antropologiju Odeljenja za etnologiju i antropologiju Filozofskog fakulteta Univerziteta u Beogradu
- Dosije studio, Beograd
Institucija/grupa
Istorija umetnosti / History of ArtTY - JOUR AU - Đorđević, Jakov PY - 2023 UR - http://reff.f.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/6248 AB - This paper explores the memory of the master builder of the Dečani monastery as it was “performed” through the inscription of the south portal of the monastery’s katholikon. Despite the confessional differences, Fra Vita, a Franciscan friar from Kotor, was allowed to place his name on the (Orthodox) church. Moreover, he was permitted to place it beside those of the royal founders, King Stefan Uroš III and his son Stefan Dušan. By focusing on the carved representation in the lunette of the south portal and through the devotional, confessional, and political contextualizations, this paper demonstrates the performative nature of the Dečani inscription and the nuanced complexity of the memory that it cherishes. AB - Ovaj rad posvećen je istraživanju oblikovanja sećanja na glavnog graditelja katolikona manastira Dečana, čije ime je sačuvano u sklopu natpisa južnog portala. Bez obzira na konfesionalne razlike, fra Viti, franjevacu iz Kotora, bilo je dozvoljeno da zabeleži svoje ime na (pravoslavnoj) crkvi. Štaviše, dopušteno mu je da to učini odmah uz imena ktitora, kralja Stefana Uroša III i njegovog sina Stefana Dušana. Putem sagledavanja natpisa u kontekstu pobožnih praksi, konfesionalnih razlika i političkih zbivanja, kao i analizom predstave u luneti južnog portala, rad ima za cilj da pokaže njegov performativni karakter u službi očuvanja memorije. PB - Institut za etnologiju i antropologiju Odeljenja za etnologiju i antropologiju Filozofskog fakulteta Univerziteta u Beogradu PB - Dosije studio, Beograd T2 - Antropologija T1 - Praying for a Franciscan in an Orthodox Church: Remembering the Master Builder in the Inscription of the Dečani Monastery T1 - Molitva za franjevca u jednoj pravoslavnoj crkvi: Sećanje na protomajstora u natpisu manastira Dečana EP - 51 IS - 3 SP - 35 VL - 23 UR - https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_reff_6248 ER -
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Đorđević, J.. (2023). Praying for a Franciscan in an Orthodox Church: Remembering the Master Builder in the Inscription of the Dečani Monastery. in Antropologija Institut za etnologiju i antropologiju Odeljenja za etnologiju i antropologiju Filozofskog fakulteta Univerziteta u Beogradu., 23(3), 35-51. https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_reff_6248
Đorđević J. Praying for a Franciscan in an Orthodox Church: Remembering the Master Builder in the Inscription of the Dečani Monastery. in Antropologija. 2023;23(3):35-51. https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_reff_6248 .
Đorđević, Jakov, "Praying for a Franciscan in an Orthodox Church: Remembering the Master Builder in the Inscription of the Dečani Monastery" in Antropologija, 23, no. 3 (2023):35-51, https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_reff_6248 .