Орнаментика рукописних књига монаха Ро мана (друга четвртина XIV века)

Abstract

Сагледан је репертоар орнаменталних мотива, пре свега заставица, у књигама које је исписао хиландарски монах Роман у четвртој и петој деценији XIV века. Указано је на место орнаментике Романових књига у ширем историјском оквиру. Разматрани су могући узори за ова декоративна заглавља, али је указано и на потоње појаве истих или сличних решења у словенским књигама.

In 1331, Roman, the eminent monk at the Hilandar monastery, translated from the Greek language a typikon. Due to this, Hilandar was provided with the first complete typikon (Wuk 49). Along with the typikon, he signed another two manuscripts that can be found in the Hilandar manuscript collection: Gospel Lectionary (Hil. 9) and Menaion (Hil. 160), while the Liturgical scroll (Hil. 3/I) is attributed to him on the basis of style. The paper deals with the ornaments of these books. The Gospel Lectionary of the monk Roman, written in 1337, is the most lavishly decorated manuscript and it offers a whole range of decorative solutions. The main ornamental motifs in Roman’s books are circles and knots, whose repetition and intertwining result in various compositions. The paper highlights possible models both in Greek, and Slavic books, as well as later manuscripts in which a similar style of ornamentation was nurtured. Having in mind that the place, time and identity of the illuminator are known, the decoration of Roman’s books is set as a point of reference for the study of ornamentation of Serbian books in the first half of the 14th century.