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upravljalo brodom. Kormilo koje se okre}e oko osovine<br />
izumljeno je tek u 13. stolje}u, pa stru~njaci smatraju<br />
da je ovo nastariji crte` starohrvatskog broda iz 12.<br />
ili 13. stolje}a. Uz ovaj brod na drugom zidu prikazan<br />
je lik sv. Jurja. Nisu li mo`da kr~ki knezovi podigli<br />
ovu crkvicu i stavili pod za{titu sv. Jurja svoje ljude i<br />
brodove kada su 1217. pomagali kralju Andriji II. u<br />
kri`arskom ratu u Svetoj zemlji, ili kada su na poziv<br />
kralja i pape Honorija III. 1220. ratovali protiv<br />
Neretvana, Ka~i}a i bosanskih heretika.<br />
Naime, u vrijeme kri`arskih ratova sv. Juraj<br />
postaje za{titnik viteza i ratnika za ideale kr{}anske<br />
vjere, idealni lik kr{}anskog borca protiv zla. U 11. i<br />
12. stolje}u postaje slavni svetac, koji je do`ivio veliku<br />
popularnost u naj{irem puku i u najvi{im slojevima<br />
dru{tva kao ni jedan svetac do tada, podjednako<br />
~a{}en i na kr{}anskom Istoku i na Zapadu. Na<br />
Kvarneru, je sv. Juraj bio za{titnik triju osnovnih<br />
privrednih izvora: sto~arstva, agrara i navigacije i ti<br />
su se `ivotno presudni sadr`aji odrazili i u njegovu<br />
kultu i u njegovoj ikonografiji. ^astili su ga te`aci i<br />
pastiri, jer je bio za{titnikom flore i faune, zemlje,<br />
vinograda, usjeva, trave, {ume, p~ela i stoke, ali zazivali<br />
su ga i moreplovci, jer je prije sv. Nikole iz Barija<br />
bio za{tinikom na moru, “in mari gubernator” – na<br />
moru kormilar, za{titnik brodova, pomo}nik mornara<br />
i ribara u pogibelji tijekom nevremena, neizvjesnih<br />
plovidbi i brodoloma.<br />
Jurjevo se obilje`ava 23. travnja u vrijeme ja~anja<br />
Sunca, nastupa prolje}a, bu|enje vegetacije i o~itog<br />
zelenila kada ni~u trave i `itarice, po~inje “mlada<br />
pa{a” i prva mu`nja ovaca. Na otoku tog bi dana<br />
pastiri ustali ranije nego ina~e, otvorili zatoke na<br />
mo{unama, pomilovali ovce i zorom prije izlaska<br />
sunca izveli ih na “prvu mladu pa{u” da obave dio<br />
velikog proljetnog kulta za dobro stoke i vegetacije.<br />
“Pere, sva civilizacija ovoga kraja stolje}ima i<br />
tisu}lje}ima je u znaku ovce, ona je gotovo na{ narodni<br />
simbol, zlatni izvor” ~esto mi je znao re}i akademik<br />
Fu~i} dok smo lutali kr~kim bespu}ima i susretali<br />
ovcu. I oko crkvice Sv. Jurja sresti }ete ovcu. Primijetit<br />
}ete da je crkvica pregra|ena groma~om i da danas u<br />
ovako jadnom i devastiranom stanju slu`i vrbni~kim<br />
pastirima kao ov~ji tor.<br />
Crkvica Sv. Jurja kod Vrbnika<br />
The church of St. George by Vrbnik<br />
Crkvica Sv. Vida iz 1100. kod Dobrinja<br />
Dating from the year 1100, the church of St. Vitus by Dobrinj<br />
the fauna, the soil, vineyards, crops, grass, forests,<br />
bees and cattle, but he was also invoked by the seamen,<br />
since before St. Nicholas of Bari, he was the<br />
patron saint of the sea, in mari gubernator – the<br />
oarsman at sea, protector of ships, help for seamen<br />
and fishermen in peril during storms, uncertain journeys<br />
and shipwrecks. The day of St. George is celebrated<br />
on April 23 at the time when the Sun grows<br />
stronger, the arrival of springtime and the awakening<br />
of the vegetation and the greenery when herbs and<br />
cereals germinate, grazing begins and the milking of<br />
the sheep. On the island on that day the shepherds<br />
would rise earlier than usually, open the gates of the<br />
folds, caress the sheep and before sunrise take them for<br />
the first grazing to perform part of the great spring<br />
ritual for the benefit of cattle and vegetation.<br />
“Pere, all the civilization of this region has for centuries<br />
and millennia been<br />
marked by the sheep, it is<br />
almost the symbol of our<br />
people, a golden source,”<br />
Academician Fu~i} often<br />
used to tell me while we<br />
wandered in the countryside<br />
and met the sheep.<br />
Around the church of St.<br />
George you too will encounter<br />
the sheep. You will<br />
notice that the church is<br />
partitioned by a dry stone<br />
wall and that today, in<br />
such a miserable and devastated<br />
shape, it is used<br />
by the Vrbnik shepherds as<br />
a sheep pen.<br />
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