Nove potvrde o izvornoj dekoraciji krova Dioklecijanova mauzoleja
Original Roof Decorations in Diocletian’s Mausoleum - Recent Findings

Summary/Abstract: This paper addresses recent research findings on the stone fragment from the Split City Museum Collection of Stone Monuments (catalogue number MGS 4316). It has been established by the recent thorough analysis that this architectural stone fragment is in fact the imbrex of the gabled porch of Diocletian’s Mausoleum. Furthermore, the details that have recently been revealed on Vicko Andrić’s drawings, who was a renowned conservationist and architect from Split, confirm the accuracy of the analysis findings. It is also evident from the drawing that, during sounding procedure of the mausoleum roof in 1851, Andrić discovered a fragment similar to the one in the Split City Museum, yet slightly different in terms of figurative illustration. His fragment reveals a creature with bovine and human features, a common motif in the iconography of the works in Diocletian’s Palace. Based on the evidence presented above, the author suggests that there might have been more such fragments, assuming that they were exclusively installed on the edge joints of the eaves and the gabled porch of the Mausoleum.

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