Stari nadgrobni križevi na groblju u Gornjim Hrgovima
Old wooden crosses at the cemetry in Gornji Hrgovi

Summary/Abstract: This article builds on the works previously published in the journal Bastina (issues 9 and 11) and forms a more complete picture of folk art of making wooden, tombstone crosses in Croatian villages that gravitate to Ormanica: Donji and Gornji Hrgovi and Spionica. The general connection between the crosses in these three villages is the same: distinguishing male and female crosses and a similar way of decorating, but certain differences still exist and these differences make each village special and recognizable and the personal stamp of their master carpenter. Seven old wooden crosses have been recorded in the old cemetery in Gornji Hrgovi, three of them male and four female. The paper adopts their measures and describes their characteristics, and it is important to note that the age of the three crosses in this cemetery can be determined, which greatly helps in the continuation of work in the field of research of this cultural phenomenon.

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