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"Our Lady of Žnjan" icon: discovering the continuity of medieval painting in Dalmatia
During the 13th century, a number of churches in Split were equipped with altars with panel paintings, and only six have been preserved to this day. Our Lady of Žnjan stands out in this group as the oldest and probably the most enigmatic Croatian icon.
Choir stalls from the Trogir Cathedral: a layered monument of medieval liturgical architecture and a forensic timeline
Wooden choir stalls from the Trogir Cathedral of St. Lawrence, richly carved with plant and figural motifs within 32 architecturally separate cells, originally gilded and painted with red, blue and yellow, are a magnificent piece created by Dalmatian carver Ivan Budislavić, commissioned in 1439 that cost 18 ducats per seat.
Three processional crosses from Istria
In 2018, the experts from the Zadar Department for Conservation of the Croatian Conservation Institute began conservation of three processional crosses (crucifixes) from Rovinj and Motovun, dated from the 15th to the 17th century.