On the western part of the original chancel’s vault, there is also a field with a more recent mural. In the northern part of the field, a full-length angel with red wings and a yellow garment is depicted. He plays a string instrument that Rok Poles identified as a lute, while Marijan Zadnikar and Janez Höfler recognised it as a mandolin.[1] The angel is set beneath a yellow trefoil arcade with three merlons painted from the side. The perspective is also emphasised by the red surfaces, indicating the architecture’s spatial orientation.[2] The details are only visible in the longitudinal creasing of the lower part of the angel’s garment and in the strings of the musical instrument. As in the other parts of the mural, the angel’s face has not been preserved. He has a brighter band in his yellowish hair, indicated by a reddish border. Under the angel, Marijan Zadnikar identified a yellow chest with a pedestal and a lid shaped like a slab. He identified it as the Throne of Mary, which could be part of the depiction of the Coronation of Mary.[3] The mural in the southern part of the field has been somewhat more poorly preserved. The only element that can still be discerned is a broad zig-zag band in the lower part of the field. Rok Poles wrote that such bands were used in Gothic painting to stylise clouds.[4] Only a tiny fragment of the mural above this band has survived. According to Poles, this is the lower edge of the angels’ garments.[5]

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[1] Ministrstvo za kulturo Republike Slovenije, INDOK center, M. Zadnikar, Zapiski XXXVII, 9. 8. 1956, available at: https://situla.gov.si/SI_INDOK_ZAP_z002-1211.html (24 August 2022); POLES 1998, p. 382; HÖFLER 2004, p. 225.
[2] POLES 1998, p. 382; HÖFLER 2004, p. 225.
[3] Ministrstvo za kulturo Republike Slovenije, INDOK center, M. Zadnikar, Zapiski XXXVII, 9. 8. 1956, available at: https://situla.gov.si/SI_INDOK_ZAP_z002-1211.html (24 August 2022). Even in the mural’s present state, this part of the chest remains visible under the angel musician.
[4] POLES 1998, p. 383.
[5] POLES 1998, p. 383.