Ornaments in Romil’s Tetraevangelion from the Late Fourteenth Century in the Collection of the Monastery of the Patriarchate of Peć
Ornaments in Romil’s Tetraevangelion from the Late Fourteenth Century in the Collection of the Monastery of the Patriarchate of Peć

Summary/Abstract: The paper discusses certain particularities of the ornaments of the late fourteenth-century Romil’s Tetraevangelion (Patriarchate of Peć, MS 4), with various motifs yet forming a coherent style. The decoration of Romil’s manuscript is representative of a distinct type of braided floral illumination found in Serbian manuscripts of the late fourteenth century, where motifs already known in the South Slavic and Byzantine ornamental tradition have received original compositional and stylistic forms. Using the comparative method, the author analyses some of these decorative compositions in the wider historical context of manuscript heritage. The focus is on circular finishing ornaments, which are a rare occurrence in manuscripts.

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