2017
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Andrea di Giuseppe, « Velaria picta albanica: un velario con aquila bicefala, cavaliere, aironi Shën Andoni, Kepi i Rodonit (Sant’Antonio a Capo Rodone, Albania) / Velaria picta albanica: një velarium me shqiponjë dykrenore, kalorës dhe lejlekë. Kisha e Shën Antonit në Kepin e Rodonit / Velaria picta albanica: a velarium of an twoheaded eagle, knights, herons in the Church of St.Anthony, Cape of Rodon (Albania) », Iliria, ID : 10.3406/iliri.2017.2537
550 years after the death of Giorgio Castriota Scanderbeg (1405-1468) the fresco fragments in the plinth of the Church of St. Anthony in Kepi i Rodonit (Albania) are analyzed ; the fresco, illustrates a bicephalous eagle, a horse rider, and a siege of herons. After a typological review of the iconographic themes, a stylistic and chronological evaluation of the paintings in connection with the commission of the great military leader of the Albanian resistance is proposed ; Scanderbeg’s banner presented the heraldic symbol of the double-headed eagle. A comparison is made of the testimonies in Italy and the Balkan area between XII and XV centuries.