Property: Decoration
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The altar of the Blessed Sacrament is designed as a shallow relief altar of architectural type. The main part of its construction are the columns bordered by two pilasters filled with various decorations. The inner pilasters support a triumphal arch in whose triangular segments are angels with chalices. Through the arch one enters a space resembling a chapel vaulted by a dome, an effect created by perspective shortening with which especially helps the motif of the tiles on the floor that are geometrically shortened. Two angels with censers are also sculptured in this space and at its end is a carved tabernacle in the form of a small altar, under whose doors the two little leaves are carved in front and at the end of MDLX inscription. Nina Kudiš Burić wrote an article about this altar claiming it is a copy of the contemporary altar in the chapel of the Blessed Sacrament in venetian church San Trovaso made by workshop of Jacopo Sansovino in colaboraton with Alessandro Vittorio. +
The church of St. Catherine of Alexandria is located at the eastern exit from Svetvinčenat and is a beautiful example of Istrian Gothic architecture with an open roof and a square apse with a pointed vault. The church was built at the beginning of the 15th century and was soon painted. The wall paintings with the theme of the life and martyrdom of St. Catherine, as well as the Christological cycle, are the work of a painter educated in northern Italy. The lopica (portico) in front of the church was built in the 18th century, as evidenced by the inscription carved on the pillar in the right corner. +
The church of St. Vincent is a cemetery church with a hall floor plan, with three inscribed semicircular apses, filled with excellent wall paintings from the 13th century made by the master Ognobenus Trevisanus. They are executed in the style of the transition from Romanesque to Gothic, but some paintings are of a later date. In older literature St. Vincent is identified as a monastery church, but more recent research shows no evidence for this.
Several tombstones with full text or only tool marks or family signs have been preserved in the church. This grave slab broken into three parts is located southwest of the main altar. It has no decorative frame. The inscription is carved in the upper part of the slab. +
The grave slab of rectangular shape has a lifted inscription field. +
The inscription in form of the year is carved on one side of a square holy water font, which on the opposite side has a carved wheel with knives, a torture device for this female saint, and on the third side a relief of a cross. +
The inscription is carved into a massive beam installed above the main entrance to the church, functioning as a lintel. The year of construction is inscribed in Arabic numerals. There are no decorations. +
The inscription is carved into the lintel of the sacristy, within an inset rectangular field with a profiled edge. The field containing the inscription is smooth, while the rest of the lintel is bush hammered. The letters of the inscription are painted black. +
The inscription is carved into the lintel of the sacristy, within a rectangular field with a profile along the edge. The field containing the inscription is smooth, while the rest of the lintel is bush hammered. Most of the letters of the inscription are painted in black, except for the beginning of the text on the left side. +
The inscription is carved into the lintel of the main entrance to the church and on the beam above, on the church’s western facade. Above them is a stepped, profiled cornice.The lintel's front and underside, as well as the upper part of the doorposts, are decorated with elliptical fields in shallow relief. The inscription is painted in black. +
The inscription is integrated into the baptismal font, which is embedded in the northern side wall of the church. The stone container for the baptismal water is prominently highlighted in a semi-circular shape. Below the container is a head of an angel with wings, supporting the container, and above it is a shallow niche. At the bottom of the niche, there is an inscription carved in a rectangular field, with the letters painted in black. Above the inscription are wooden doors with a gilded trim, depicting the scene of Christ's baptism. At the top of the niche, the motif of the angel's head is repeated. Above it, there is a multi-profiled cornice, and in the center above the cornice is the family coat of arms (three dolphins in a circle) of the podestà Serena Sereni. The upper, vertical part of the baptismal font is adorned with colorful marble cladding. On the sides and at the top, the font is decorated with reliefs of vegetal motifs that form volutes. +