<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>The study of the items illustrated on mural and panel painting, in connection with still existing items, can document medieval material culture. The representation of chalices on almost half of such paintings from Transylvania is a proof of its important symbolist value in religious rituals. These representations also certify the high level of the goldsmiths’ art from Transylvania. The present study is intended both as a repertory and an analysis of these sacral objects illustrated in mural and panel paintings.</p></abstract>

The study of the items illustrated on mural and panel painting, in connection with still existing items, can document medieval material culture. The representation of chalices on almost half of such paintings from Transylvania is a proof of its important symbolist value in religious rituals. These representations also certify the high level of the goldsmiths’ art from Transylvania. The present study is intended both as a repertory and an analysis of these sacral objects illustrated in mural and panel paintings.

Images of Chalices in Transylvanian Panel Paintings

PhD student at the Faculty of History and Patrimony, Lucian Blaga University of Sibiu. Contact details: Str. Primăverii 12, Sibiu

Review of Ecumenical Studies Sibiu

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The study of the items illustrated on mural and panel painting, in connection with still existing items, can document medieval material culture. The...

Images of Chalices in Transylvanian Panel Paintings

Published Online: Jan 27, 2015

Page range: 121 - 135

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/ress-2014-0107

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