ЗА ИНИЦИЈАЛИТЕ ВО РАДОМИРОВОТО ЕВАНГЕЛИЕ
FOR THE INITIALS IN THE RADOMIR’S EVANGELIARY
Author(s): Katica TrajkovaSubject(s): Language and Literature Studies, Philology
Published by: Институт за македонска литература
Keywords: Radomir’s Evangeliary; teratological style; ornament and initials
Summary/Abstract: Radomir’s Evangeliary’s richest illuminated Macedonian manuscript from the 13th century and according to the motive of ornamentation belongs in the group of manuscripts with teratological (monster) style, which is a specific composition made of strips and twigs which are each intertwined with monster forms wild animals and birds, whose spokes merge into strips, masterfully delineated so that it is not known where the figure ends and where tapes start. The ornament are headpieces and decorative additions, and the initials, total 314, are in the teratological, interlaced and few in the vegetal style.
Journal: Филолошки студии
- Issue Year: 14/2016
- Issue No: 1
- Page Range: 55-67
- Page Count: 13
- Language: Macedonian