Elementi di arredo e produzione scultorea a intreccio ad Antivari e nella Duklja medievale

During the initial research activities conduced by Durde Boskovic in Stari Bar (Antivari) in the 1950's, various fragments of important sculptures and liturgical decorations were discovered, presently preserved in the Museum of city of Bar (fig. 3.1a-g; fig. 3.2.a1; 3.2.a2). This modest yet important collection includes thirteen fragments of liturgical decorations obtained from enclosed chancel (the area around the alter reserved for the clergy); 60% of the fragments came from items with functional roles (frames, slabs, stone plates/pluteus, and capitals). One fragment of a frame (fig. 3.2.d1-d2) originates from the site of the Monastery of Saint Mary of Ratac, located on the coast to the north-east of the city of Antivari. The items recovered present distinctive characteristics common to the repertoire of interlaced sculpture productions that were diffuse in the 9th century along the Dalmatian coast, including the Croatian coast and at Medieval Dukljia as well as Kotor/Cattaro; items have also been discovered in the Monastery of St. Michael (de tumba) on the Prevlaka peninsula in the town of Tivat, and in Ulcinji, as well as further inland, such as the decoration of Martinici Gradina, now preserved in Danilovgrad, and in the Balkan area in general.