This paper focuses on offering a possible iconographic interpretation of the decoration of a rare three nozzle lamp discovered in the ancient city of Viminacium, on the locality of a necropolis called Pecine, dated to the early fourth century. Among the numerous lamps unearthed at the site of this prominent Roman city, capital of Moesia Superior, this example stands out for its rectangular shape, three nozzles and a decoration of high artistic merit consisting of geometric and floral ornaments. Considering the function and meaning of lamps within the framework of Early Christian teachings, liturgy and burial practices, this imagery can be understood as visualization of concepts related to perceptions of eternity and otherworldly, divine light.
Keywords:
necropolis / light / lamp / geometric and floral motifs
Source:
Zograf, 2014, 38, 23-29
Publisher:
Univerzitet u Beogradu - Filozofski fakultet - Institut za istoriju umetnosti, Beograd
TY - JOUR
AU - Vranešević, Branka
PY - 2014
UR - http://reff.f.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/1780
AB - This paper focuses on offering a possible iconographic interpretation of the decoration of a rare three nozzle lamp discovered in the ancient city of Viminacium, on the locality of a necropolis called Pecine, dated to the early fourth century. Among the numerous lamps unearthed at the site of this prominent Roman city, capital of Moesia Superior, this example stands out for its rectangular shape, three nozzles and a decoration of high artistic merit consisting of geometric and floral ornaments. Considering the function and meaning of lamps within the framework of Early Christian teachings, liturgy and burial practices, this imagery can be understood as visualization of concepts related to perceptions of eternity and otherworldly, divine light.
PB - Univerzitet u Beogradu - Filozofski fakultet - Institut za istoriju umetnosti, Beograd
T2 - Zograf
T1 - The iconography of light. A possible interpretation of the decoration of a three nozzle lamp from Viminacium
EP - 29
SP - 23
VL - 38
DO - 10.2298/ZOG1438023V
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Vranešević, B.. (2014). The iconography of light. A possible interpretation of the decoration of a three nozzle lamp from Viminacium. in Zograf
Univerzitet u Beogradu - Filozofski fakultet - Institut za istoriju umetnosti, Beograd., 38, 23-29.
https://doi.org/10.2298/ZOG1438023V
Vranešević B. The iconography of light. A possible interpretation of the decoration of a three nozzle lamp from Viminacium. in Zograf. 2014;38:23-29.
doi:10.2298/ZOG1438023V .
Vranešević, Branka, "The iconography of light. A possible interpretation of the decoration of a three nozzle lamp from Viminacium" in Zograf, 38 (2014):23-29,
https://doi.org/10.2298/ZOG1438023V . .
