Observations on the oldest known icons of the Monastery of King Marko (I). The issue of the patronage of Helena Dragaš and the inscription on the shield of St Demetrios

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Marković, M. (2013). Observations on the oldest known icons of the Monastery of King Marko (I). The issue of the patronage of Helena Dragaš and the inscription on the shield of St Demetrios, (37), 147-167. doi:10.2298/ZOG1337147M
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Title

Observations on the oldest known icons of the Monastery of King Marko (I). The issue of the patronage of Helena Dragaš and the inscription on the shield of St Demetrios

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Author

Miodrag, Marković

Journal

Zograf

Volume
Issue

37

Start page

147

End page

167

ISSN

0350-1361

ISBN
DOI

10.2298/ZOG1337147M

URL

http://www.doiserbia.nb.rs/Article.aspx?ID=0350-13611337147M

Date

2013-2020/03/11/20:35:48

Abstract

The paper refutes the assumption of Petar Miljković-Pepek that the oldest icons in the treasury of Monastery of King Marko were painted between 1395 and 1405, as a gift the Byzantine empress Helena Dragaš made to the monastery so as to ensure a yearly memorial service for her tragically killed father Constantine. The part of the inscription on the icon of St Demetrios, on which the assumption was based, has been differently interpreted here: it is not actually related to empress Helena but to the military title of Thessalonian megalomartyr, like the rest of the inscription. [Projekat Ministarstva nauke Republike Srbije, br. 177036: Srpska srednjovekovna umetnost i njen evropski kontekst]

Keywords

Serbian medieval art, megas doux, St Demetrios, Apokauchos, Byzantine icons, Helena Dragaš, Monastery of King Marko, Petra Monastery