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Tractus stellae: the "Image" of the Virgin with the Child in the Zagreb Cathedral from the 11th/12th Century

In the oldest book of pontifical rites (Agenda pontificalis) of the Zagreb Cathedral, dated back to the late 11th century, two liturgical plays were recorded. One of them is Tractus stellae, considered to be, in general, among historically most important liturgical dramas of its kind in the Western tradition of liturgical worship and church performances. The play has missed the attention of art historians, despite the fact that it contains a mention of an "image" (imago) of the Virgin with the Child as one of its key theatrical props. This paper will briefly summarize the previous proposals for the reconstruction of the church interior and its stage props. Also, by providing a commentary of those proposals it will then indicate possible features of the church interior and the aforementioned "image" which, based on the knowledge of art-historical and other relevant sources, can be assumed to have been present in the Zagreb church of the late 11th and then also the 12th century.

Agenda pontificalis Zagreb, Tractus stellae, Image of the Virgin Mary with the Child, Sedes Sapientiae

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