%0 Journal Article
%T The sarcophagus with sanction
formula from Trogir
(Aspects of the Byzantine
diplomatics tradition in early
medieval epigraphy of the
Adriatic)
%A Basi£¿
%A Ivan
%J -
%D 2018
%X Sa£¿etak A fragment of a lid from an early medieval sarcophagus originally from Trogir is kept in the Archaeological Museum in Split. It contains the remains of relief decoration and an incompletely preserved Latin inscription. The inscription is best known for mentioning a Byzantine emperor (Constantine V or Constantine VI), thus far the only such example in the early medieval epigraphy of Dalmatia (with the exception of Ulcinj). It has been preliminarily dated to the 8th century. Although the fragment is known in the scholarly literature and has been mentioned with relative frequency in works by specialized researchers (Lj. Karaman, M. Ivani£¿evi£¿, T. Buri£¿, I. Babi£¿, V. Delonga, A. Pite£¿a and others), other than the emperor's name thus far there have been no attempts to interpret the content of the remaining part of the inscription. The author recognizes in it a partially preserved sanction formula (curse, anathema) of the 318 church fathers, very widespread in the territories in close contact with the areas under Byzantine law (including the diplomatics of the early medieval Croatian Duchy), whence this formula in fact originated. The Emperor Constantine mentioned in the inscription is identified as the Byzantine Emperor Constantine VI (780- 797). The work presents the results of research into the problem of the appearance of the Byzantine legal formula against desecration of graves, with comparative materials from the late 8th and early 9th centuries. This reinforces and narrows the dating of the inscription and sarcophagus; it simultaneously sheds light on the appearance of the Byzantine legal culture and its functioning in Trogir, as one of the Latin-speaking cities of Byzantine Dalmatia
%K Early Middle Ages
%K Dalmatia
%K Trogir
%K Byzantium
%K epigraphy
%K prosopography
%K sanction
formula
%K 318 holy fathers
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