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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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