Renaissance tabernacle


Hreljin, St George' Chapel made by Giovanni Ricci Limestone, carved; 70 x 60 x 5 cm Beneath the Latin inscription at the lower part of the Renaissance tabernacle is a figure of a cherub. At the tips of its wings are two heraldic shields. The right-hand shield holds the coat of arms of the Frankopan family (a combination of the old and the new coat of arms): an eight-pointed star and two lions breaking bread; on the left-hand side is St George, the patron saint of the town of Hreljin. The sides of the tabernacle are decorated with a floral Renaissance decoration and a figure of a standing angel. The inscription carved in capital letters reads: HIC EST CHORPVS DOMINI NOSTRI YESV CRISTI 1491. (sic!) Donated in 1888. by Ivan Urpani, vicar at Hreljin. M. Valentic, Kameni spomenici Hrvatske XIII-XIX stoljeca, Zagreb, 1969, pages 148-149; Matthias Corvinus und die Renaissance in Ungarn, Schallaburg, 1982, pages 387-389; V. Brajkovic, Grbovi, grbovnice, rodoslovlja, (exhibition catalogue), Zagreb, 1995, page 134




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