Naslov
Od epitafa svećenika Ivana do epitafa kraljice Jelene
(From the Epitaph of Priest Ivan to That of Queen Jelena)

Autori
Matijević Sokol, Mirjana

Izvornik
Tusculum (1846-9469) 10 (2017), 2; 77-91

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Radovi u časopisima, članak, znanstveni

Ključne riječi
epitaf, svećenik Ivan, svećenik Juraj, opatica Ivana, kraljica Jelena, Hic iacet
(epitaph, priest Ivan, priest Juraj, abbess Ivana, queen Jelena, Hic iacet)

Sažetak
Autorica razmatra neke odabrane ranokršćanske epitafe i formule koje se na njima javljaju s namjerom da utvrdi vremenske horizonte, odnosno pojavu i upotrebu pojedinih izričaja. To su natpisi sa salonitanskih cemeterijalnih kompleksa. Neke od tih formula s vremenom postaju opća mjesta epitafistike i zastupljene su na ranosrednjovjekovnim hrvatskim natpisima kao npr. na epitafu kraljice Jelene i splitskih nadbiskupa.

Izvorni jezik
Hrvatski

Znanstvena područja
Povijest, Arheologija

Napomena
The article analyses selected early Christian
epitaphs, mostly from the cemeteries of Salona,
and some medieval tombstone inscriptions
showing strong late Classical tradition, aimed
to establishing time horizons, that is,
appearance and usage of particular styles. By
following up formulas (depositus/deposita, hic
iacet, his requiescit etc., symbolic and verbal
invocation formulas) and the manners of dating
(Consular era, indictional system, Christian
era) found in early Christian and medieval
epitaphs, established is a relative chronology
that is of particular importance in determining
the time of creation of some monuments that are
hard to date. Attention is paid to the
inscription of the priest Juraj on the
sarcophagus discovered recently in Zadar, dated
by the researcher in the early Middle Ages,
that is, the early 9th century, whereas the
radio-carbon analysis of the four deceased
persons in the sarcophagus has established none
of them being even close to that time. This
analysis has shown that the oldest deceased can
be dated to the late 6th or the early 7th
centuries. This also dates the epitaph and its
formal and alphabetic structures, which agrees
with the results reached by comparison with
other inscriptions. Some of the formulas
appearing in the late Classical period became
epigraphistic common places with time, found
present in early medieval Croatian inscriptions
as well, like, for instance, the epitaphs of
the queen Jelena and several archbishops of
Split.

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