In: ARS, vol. 55, no. 2
Martin Illáš
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Year, pages: 2022, 79 - 97
Language: slo
Keywords:
Chapel of St. Margaret of Antioch in Kopčany, pre-Romanesque architecture, crux decussata, Christogram
Article type: Štúdie / Articles
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On the south facade of the chapel of St. Margaret of Antioch in Kopčany (Slovakia), there are
two stones with engraved symbols. On one of the stones, the signs X, X in a rectangular frame and
a schematically depicted face surmounted by three crosses are engraved. On the second stone, only
the signs X and some simple lines are carved very indistinctly. Only the signs on the first stone are
the subject of the analysis. The sign X can be interpreted as a Christogram. The rectangular frame
around the second sign X can be interpreted as a symbol for the whole world or universe. The face
with the three crosses can be considered an image of Christ. The signs as a whole composition
probably symbolize Christ, his sacrifice, salvation through his death on the cross, the universal effect
of salvation and saving from eternal death and perdition. The symbols had probably a protective
function for the church and for the community of the faithful who used the church as well as for the
buried in the cemetery. For these symbols, their meaning and function can be found analogies made in
similarly reduced form and dimensions from the early Middle Ages (6th–10th centuries) in the territory
of France, Germany, Switzerland or Austria.
How to cite:
ISO 690:
Illáš, M. 2022. Pokus o interpretáciu rytých symbolov na fasáde kaplnky sv. Margity Antiochijskej v Kopčanoch. In ARS, vol. 55, no.2, pp. 79-97. 0044-9008. DOI: https://doi.org/10.31577/ars-2022-0006
APA:
Illáš, M. (2022). Pokus o interpretáciu rytých symbolov na fasáde kaplnky sv. Margity Antiochijskej v Kopčanoch. ARS, 55(2), 79-97. 0044-9008. DOI: https://doi.org/10.31577/ars-2022-0006
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Published: 19. 12. 2022