| Abstrakt: |
This article focuses on the study of an unpreserved glass vessel mentioned in several inventories from the Catalan Abbey of Santa Maria de Ripoll, dated to the 11th and 12th centuries. This vessel, identified as a discus (i.e., a round dish), was used as a paten on the main altar of the abbey church, after it was given to Ripoll by his powerful patron Oliba Cabreta, count of Cerdanya and Besalú. The origin of the vessel is unknown. The author suggests that it was taken to the Pyrenees by the Venetian doge Pietro I Orseolo, who went into exile in 978, journeying to Sant Miquel de Cuixà, an abbey located quite close to Ripoll and also under Oliba Cabreta's patronage. In addition, it is plausible to think that the vessel would have been of Byzantine origin, and its form is comparable to that of examples preserved today in Venice's Basilica di San Marco. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
