Depiction of the martyrdom of Saint Ignatius Theophorus in the prothesis of Novo Hopovo

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Popović, M. (2015). Depiction of the martyrdom of Saint Ignatius Theophorus in the prothesis of Novo Hopovo, (39), 193-203. doi:10.2298/ZOG1539193P
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Title

Depiction of the martyrdom of Saint Ignatius Theophorus in the prothesis of Novo Hopovo

Subtitle
Author

Milica, Popović

Journal

Zograf

Volume
Issue

39

Start page

193

End page

203

ISSN

0350-1361

ISBN
DOI

10.2298/ZOG1539193P

URL

http://www.doiserbia.nb.rs/Article.aspx?ID=0350-13611539193P

Date

2015-2020/03/12/11:58:12

Abstract

In the art of the Christian East, the depictions of the martyrdom of Saint Ignatius Theophorus, bishop of Antioch, can usually be found among the illustrations of the Menologion. The scene from the monastery of Novo Hopovo, dated to the 1600s, is one of the rare independent depictions of Saint Ignatius’s martyrdom. The paper discusses the iconography of this scene and possible reasons for placing it in the prothesis of the katholikon of Novo Hopovo. The inclusion of a scene showing the martyrdom of the bishop of Antioch into the thematic repertoire of this compartment is a solitary example in Serbian medieval and Byzantine monumental painting. [Projekat Ministarstva nauke Republike Srbije, br. 177036: Srpska srednjovekovna umetnost i njen evropski kontekst]

Keywords

iconography, Byzantine art, martyrdom scenes, Novo Hopovo (monastery), Saint Ignatius Theophorus