- Croatian wattle
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The Croatian wattle, known as the pleter or troplet in Croatian, is a type of interlace, most characteristic for its three-ribbon pattern. It is one of the most often used patterns of pre-romanesque Croatian art. It is found on and within churches as well as monasteries built in early medieval Kingdom of Croatia between the 9th and beggining of the 12th century. The ornamental strings were sometimes grouped together with animal and herbal figures.
Most representative examples of inscriptions embellished with the wattle include the Baška tablet and the Branimir Inscription. Other notable examples are located near Knin, in Ždrapanj and Žavić by the Bribir settlement, Rižnice near Solin and in Split and Zadar.[1]
Croatia has a civil and military decoration called the Order of the Croatian Wattle.[2]
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Examples:
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Inscription of duke Branimir
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Inscription of king Stephen Držislav
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Font from the 11th century (most likely a depiction of Zvonimir)
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Croatian wattle bordering the emblem of the Armed Forces of the Republic of Croatia
See also
- Interlace (visual arts)
- Art of Croatia
References
- ^ "PLETER - povijest uklesana u kamenu" (in Croatian). HINA Zagreb. RivaOn.hr - portal Srednjih škola Zadarske županije. 2002-12-03. http://www.rivaon.com/arhiv/2002/v182/v182.htm. Retrieved 2010-05-04.
- ^ Croatian President Stjepan Mesić (2000-11-03). "Pravilnik Reda hrvatskog pletera" (in Croatian). Narodne novine 2000/108. http://narodne-novine.nn.hr/clanci/sluzbeni/274157.html. Retrieved 2010-05-31.
External links
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