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Patru tablouri votive din sudul Transilvaniei (secolul XVIII – începutul secolului XIX)
Four Votive Images from Southern Transylvania (XVIIIth – the Beginning of XIXth Century)

Author(s): Paul Victor Langa
Subject(s): History, Modern Age
Published by: Editura Universitatii LUCIAN BLAGA din Sibiu
Keywords: votive image; merchant; nobleman; prince; Braşov; Sibiu; Alba;

Summary/Abstract: This article describes four votive images from the churches of southernTransylvania. The first two from Prejmer and Cristian, Braşov county, aremercantile foundations, and the second two, from Teiuş, Alba county, and TurnuRoşu, Sibiu county, are noble or princely foundations. These votive images aresignificant because they testify and ascertain the initial architecture of themonuments and influences from Wallachia brought in Transylvania on political andeconomic ways.

  • Issue Year: 2018
  • Issue No: XV
  • Page Range: 113 - 121
  • Page Count: 9
  • Language: Romanian