Stecci. Medieval Tombstones. Serbia
by Juan Carlos Ferro Duque
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Stecci. Medieval Tombstones. Serbia
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Juan Carlos Ferro Duque
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Extracted from Wikipedia: "The Stećci (singular: Stećak), are monumental medieval tombstones. Appearing in the 11th century, the stećci reached their peak in the late 14th to 15th centuries, before dying away during the Ottoman occupation. Symbols of the tombstones indicate Gothic-Celtic origin. The word itself is a contracted form of the older word stojećak, which is derived from the verb stajati (v. stand). It literally means "the standing thing".
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Octavian Oc
Read Marian Wenzel who wrote a scientific paper: Marian Wenzel: Bosnian and Herzegovinian Tombstobes – Who Made Them and Why? In: Sudost-Forschungen, 21. 1962, S. 102–143. Medieval stecci were elevated by medieval Vlachs.
Octavian Oc
The tombstone is from 1889 as can be seen. So it is not a medieval stone,
Juan Carlos Ferro Duque replied:
This one is from 1889. but the tradition starts from the middle ages. As I said in the description of the photo: ""The Stećci (singular: Stećak), are monumental medieval tombstones. Appearing in the 11th century, the stećci reached their peak in the late 14th to 15th centuries, before dying away during the Ottoman occupation. Symbols of the tombstones indicate Gothic-Celtic origin. The word itself is a contracted form of the older word stojećak, which is derived from the verb stajati (v. stand). It literally means "the standing thing".
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