Open AccessTriptych from Saint Catherine’s monastery at Sinai – an unknown work of old Serbian icon painting
Author(s) -
Miloš Živković
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
zbornik radova vizantološkog instituta/zbornik radova vizantološkog instituta
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2406-0917
pISSN - 0584-9888
DOI - 10.2298/zrvi2158149z
Subject(s) - serbian , saint , painting , icon , interpretation (philosophy) , art , art history , slavic languages , mount , style (visual arts) , ancient history , history , classics , literature , philosophy , linguistics , computer science , programming language , operating system
A triptych with Slavic inscriptions from the monastery of St. Catherine in Sinai, composed of icons depicting St. Stephen, the Mother of God and St. Nicholas, is published in the paper. Based on the stylistic analysis and consideration of iconographic features, the opinion is expressed that it is a work of Serbian medieval painting. In addition, such an attribution is explained through the light of intensive and continuous contacts between the medieval Serbian lands and the famous monastery at the foot of Mount Sinai. Finally, a possibility is opened for the interpretation of the work in question in connection with certain, very interesting source material about the ktetorial activity of the Serbian rulers in Sinai.