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: Iconographic program of the oldest wall paintings in the church of the virgin Peribleptos at Ohrid. A list of frescoes and notes on certain program particularities; The thematic repertoire of frescoes in the Church of the Virgin Peribleptos in Ohrid is presented systematically and in detail. The list of representations includes a number of scenes and individual figures of saints who were not identified earlier on, or were incorrectly identified. In addition to that, the inscriptions on the scrolls of saints in the naos and narthex have been published, as well as the ktetor’s inscription and the inscriptions written in acronymic form beside the apotropaic crosses. The paper also deals with some features of the iconographic program.

: Ikone i freske zografa Antonija iz Kostura (1550-1560); The paper publishes an icon of the Virgin Hodegetria, a Royal Door, and two parts of an epistyle with the Deesis scene. This group of works, which once decorated the iconostasis in the Church of Saint George Mouzeviki (c. 1550-1560) in Kastoria, belongs to the creative opus of the painter Anthony (zographos Antonios), known for his work at Mount Athos (1537-1552). The paper also argues that the frescoes in the Church of St. George, preserved in fragments and in a poor state of repair, can also be attributed to the same artist.

: Ikone iz Kostura slikara Jovana iz Gramoste; The paper discusses six icons, a pair of Royal Doors, as well as fragments of an epistyle with the Great Deesis, which are kept at the Byzantine Museum of Kastoria, apart from one icon which is displayed in the Metropolitan Palace of the city. We attribute these icons, which have originated from churches in Kastoria, to the artistic activity of the painter Ioannis from Grammosta. Although no icons in Northern Greece are known to have been made by him, the painter is very well-known due to his artistic activity from 1534/5 in the area of Prilep, Demir Hisar and Ohrid.

: In the heavenly horizons three Christian temples in the region of Matka near Skopje; The article deals with the problem of chronological determination of three sacral edifices located in the middle, as well as in the highest cultural horizon of the region of Matka near Skopje. Due to the lack of historical sources, as well as preserved portions of the original fresco ensembles, the buildings are dated on the ground of their architectural features and according to the archeological finds discovered in their vicinity. In that regard, the church of St. Kyriake on the highest mountain post of Matka is dated in the first half of the fourteenth century, the temple of St. Archangel Michael at the site of Peter’s Rock in the late twelfth, while the church dedicated to St. Saviour, as a restoration of the later, was repeatedly built in the period between the late thirteenth and the second half of the twentieth century.

: Interpreting Genesis; The article explores iconography of the illuminated initial letters in the Byzantine tenth century Homilies of John Chrysostom and other authors with special reference to Oxford, Bodl. lib., Auct. T. 3.3. It is argued that pictorial initials composed of human figures and human-animal combats function as detailed visual interpretations of the written text, displaying at the same time artistic uniqueness and imagination.

: Ktetor portraits of church dignitaries in Serbian post-Byzantine painting (part one); Church dignitaries were often represented as ktetors in Serbian painting of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, primarily in wall paintings and on icons. The first part of this paper discusses twelve ktetor representations of Serbian patriarchs and metropolitans. By analyzing the ktetoric projects of Orthodox Serbs within the Ottoman Empire, the historical framework and description of every portrait, it explores the questions regarding not only the self-referentiality of the ktetors from the highest circles of the clergy under the Patriarchate of Peć, the patterns and ways they wanted to be represented and remembered, but also the ideological and program context as well. Finally, this two-part study attempts to examine the question of individual and collective identity, imagery and ideas constructing the visual culture of clerical ktetorship in Serbian Post-Byzantine painting.

: La cappella di Sant'Isidoro e i restauri dei mosaici; Lo scritto relative all'ultimo restauro délia cappella di Sant'Isidoro, s'importe come rilevante testimonianza sullepiù attuali tecniche conservative riservate allapittura a mosaico, rispetto aile azioni di ripristino aile quali il monumentofu sotioposto neiprimi anni '60 del secolo scorso. .

: La nouvelle-métropole (l’église Saint-Stephane) à Nessébar. Résultats d’une recherche; This paper presents the most important conclusions regarding the architecture and wall paintings of the New Metropolis (Church of St. Stephen) in Nesebar, adopted during the recent restoration works in this church, which were financed by the Leventis Foundation.

: La vision de Saint Eustathe dans la peinture post-byzantine; L'article étudie l'évolution de la Vision de saint Eustathe dans une série de peintures murales et d'icônes portatives - allant du XVIe au XVIIIe siècle - les formules iconographiques adoptées et leurs particularités ainsi que la place et la fonction de cette image dans la peinture murale. Le matériel étudié a montré une diversité de formules iconographiques qui exploitent pour l'essentiel la tradition byzantine et orientale du sujet, en manifestant en même temps ses propres traits ainsi que l'influence des images occidentales. .

: Les emblèmes sur l’abside de l’église de Lesnovo; This work retraces observations concerning insufficiently known emblems, represented on some examples of late Byzantine architecture. Also, should an emblem be invested with a role of a codified sign, without being literally visible, could it function as a segment of the imagery employed in the articulation of the facades of late Byzantine and Serbian medieval architecture?

: Les peintures murales du catholicon du monastère de Gradac. Répertoire des fresques et observations sur les particularités de certaines représentations; This paper presents the iconographic program of frescoes in the Church of the Annunciation in the monastery of Gradac, in which there were a number of hitherto unrecognized sections that have now been identified. It publishes the pre served inscriptions on the frescoes, as well as the texts on the scrolls of the hierarchs in the altar space. Finally, it presents observations about the typical program features of the wall painting in the Gradac church, which have not been previously considered in research. [Projekat Ministarstva nauke Republike Srbije, br. 177036: Srpska srednjovekovna umetnost i njen evropski kontekst]

: L’évolution récente des expositions temporaires sur le Moyen Âge en Italie; This article proposes a reflection about Italian art exhibitions on Middle Ages all over the twentieth century in order to understand the reception of medieval history in Italy. The Italian case is compared with the other European countries and their own relationships with Middle Ages. The articles studies also the important changes in the cultural offer and in the museum function during the last decade of the twentieth century and analyses their major consequences on the exhibitions. Lastly the ‘status’ of the exhibited objects and their mise-en-scène are examined.

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