Bratovščine v klariških samostanih na Kranjskem: Njihova umetnostna in duhovna dediščina

Abstract

The paper discusses early modern confraternities active in the convents of the Poor Clares in Carniola until their abol- ishment by Joseph II, which hitherto have been researched in expert literature particularly from a historical point of view. The Poor Clares in Carniola used confraternities in Ljubljana and Mekinje to encourage the veneration of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary, while the confraternities in Škofja Loka promoted the already rooted devotions to the Immaculate Conception, St Joseph (the Holy Family), and the Name of Jesus. Due to the fate of individual con- vents after their dissolution in 1782, the artistic heritage of the Poor Clares’confraternities is modest and its quality does not stand out. Nevertheless, it conveys a special spir- itual message and an interesting iconography with a rich symbolism of the heart. Owing to the nature of the surviving material, the paper opens several new themes.Prispevek se osredotoča na novoveške bratovščine, ki so delovale pri samostanih klaris na Kranjskem do njihove ukinitve pod Jožefom II. in so bile doslej v strokovni literaturi obravnavane predvsem z zgodovinskega vidika. Z bratovščinama v Ljubljani (1702) in Mekinjah (1717–1718) so klarise na Kranjskem spodbudile češčenje Jezusovega in Marijinega Srca, škofjeloške bratovščine (1717, 1725–1726, 1775–1776) pa so pospeševale v deželi že vkoreninjene pobožnosti do Marijinega brez- madežnega spočetja, sv. Jožefa (sv. Družine) in Imena Jezusovega. Umetnostna dediščina klariških bratovščin je razmeroma skromna, povezana z usodo posameznih samostanov po njihovi ukinitvi, in tudi po kakovosti posebej ne izstopa, zanimiva pa je po ikonografiji z bogato simboliko srca. Zaradi narave ohranjenega gradiva ima prispevek različne vsebinske poudarke in težišča