Džajadevos poemos Gytagovinda iliustravimo tradicija
Ilustrated Manuscripts of the Jayadeva’s poem Gītagovinda

Summary/Abstract: The paper discusses the history of manuscript illustrations of the famous poem of the 12th century Gītagovinda by Jayadeva. Gītagovinda along with the Rāmāyaõa and the Mahābhārata are the most frequently illustrated text in India. The history of manuscript illustrations of the Gītagovinda ranges from the mid of 15th century to the present days and manuscripts are found diverse regions throughout India except South India. Stylisticaly majority of manuscripts were produced within the western schools of miniature painting although the native land of the poet, Orissa, and other eastern regions abound in illustrated manuscripts of the text also. The paper consists of descriptions of most of known illustrated Gītagovindas or separate folia from them. It secures the ground to conclude that the tradition of illustrating the Gītagovinda supplied a broad scale of visual images of the Krishna story and consequently played a major role in a speadily spread of Krisnaism throughout India. Generally the article is set to explore the methodology which examines influences of visual culture imposed on development of religious ideas and their images.

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