An entangled dragon in a Renaissance inscription from Dalmatia

Conference presentation

• Author: Neven Jovanović
• Author's institution: University of Zagreb; Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences; (Department of Classical philology)
• Scientific / art field, discipline and subdiscipline: HUMANISTIC SCIENCES; Philology; Classical Philology

Abstract (english)

The Greater Papalić Palace, built during the Quattrocento, is one of the best-preserved examples of private Renaissance architecture in Split. It was probably built by Juraj Dalmatinac (d. between 1473 and 1475). The palace portal has three later additions: a coat of arms, a dragon, and an inscription, a Latin epigram; we know that the epigram was composed sometime after 1493 by Marko Marulić (1450-1524). The short poem reveals a network of actors, interactions and meanings, including an Illyrian episode from the Vita Hilarionis by Jerome, a saint especially honoured in Dalmatia.

• Keywords (english): Split; Renaissance Humanism; architecture; Marko Marulić; Papalić; coat of arms; dragon; Saint Jerome
• Language: english
• Peer review: Peer review - international
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.31219/osf.io/t82q6
• URN:NBN: urn:nbn:hr:131:159882
• Presentation date: 2023-07-05
• Project: Number: 865863; Title (english): Architectural Culture of the Early Modern Eastern Adriatic; Acronym: AdriArchCult; Leader: Jasenka Gudelj; Jurisdiction: eu; Funding stream: H2020
• Conference: Title: International Medieval Congress IMC 2023; Acronym: IMC; Location: Leeds, United Kingdom; Organizer: Institute for Medieval Studies at the University of Leeds; Start date: 2023-07-03; End date: 2023-07-06; Assembly type: Lecture
• Document URL: https://osf.io/t82q6
• Type of resource: Text
• Access conditions: Open access
• Public note: Tekst izlaganja i slajdovi prezentacije.
• Created on: 2023-07-13 08:58:34