The Church of St. Lucy (Croatian: Crkva svete Lucije) in Jurandvor near Baška, Krk, Croatia is a Romanesque Catholic church from the year 1100 with two major medieval Croatian artifacts: the Baška Tablet,[1] and a checkerboard-pattern carving on the bell tower that is suspected to be one of the first instances of the Croatian coat of arms.[2]
Archaeological research confirmed it was built on the site of a 6th century church, where was also located ancient Roman villa rustica.[3] In the 9th and 10th century the locality was used by early Christianized Croats as a graveyard, and in 11th century the church was renovated. In the 12th century it was used by the Benedictines who renovate it again. In the 14th century the monasteries buildings were renovated while built a bell tower to the church which would be reconstructed in the 19th century.[4]
Initially considered that the church is dated to early Romanesque period (11-12th century),[3] lately art historian Pavuša Vežić argued it is dated to the late Romanesque period (13-14th century).[4]
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- ^ Fučić, Branko (September 1971). "Najstariji hrvatski glagoljski natpisi". Slovo (in Croatian). 21. Old Church Slavonic Institute: 238. ISSN 0583-6255. Retrieved 2013-02-04.
- ^ Jonas Frykman; Gösta Arvastson (1995). Bjarne Stoklund (ed.). Ethnologia Europaea. Vol. 25–26. Museum Tusculanum Press. p. 78. ISBN 9788772893426. Retrieved 2013-02-04.
- ^ a b Bratulić, Josip (2019). "Glagoljaški lapidarij: O Bašćanskoj ploči, Tajna Bašćanske ploče". Aleja glagoljaša: stoljeća hrvatske glagoljice [Glagolitic Alley: Centuries of Croatian Glagolism] (in Croatian). Zagreb: Znamen. pp. 79–102. ISBN 978-953-6008-58-2.
- ^ a b Galović, Tomislav (2004). "900 godina Bašćanske ploče (1100.-2000.) – radovi sa znanstvenog skupa, ur. P. Strčić, Krčki zbornik sv. 42 – pos. izd. 36, Baška 2000., 348 str". Radovi (in Croatian). 34-35-36 (1): 308–309. Retrieved 11 October 2023.