Provinilý lev
Guilty lion

Author(s): Zofia Jagosz-Zarzycka, Martin Hložek, Irena Loskotová
Subject(s): Archaeology, Cultural history, Visual Arts, 15th Century, History of Art
Published by: Masarykova univerzita nakladatelství
Keywords: stove tiles; guilty lion motif; 15th century; archeology;
Summary/Abstract: The graphic design of the relief springs from an older tradition of Gothic ornaments in the form of a rosette, which is enclosed by a bordure from raguly sticks entwined with a leaved twig (Fig. 1). This motif is mainly known from the production of the royal workshop in Buda in the 2nd half of the 15th century (e. g. Holl 1971, 179, 199). Later conception replaced the raguly bordure on the sides and in the upper part by a meander (zigzag), which is interrupted by heads (putti?) in the upper corners and by small rosettes in the lower corners. Above the bottom edge of the relief, there is an inscription “scham dich” (shame on you) in Gothic minuscule, rhythmised by another rosettes. The inscription is undoubtedly related to the central figure of a hunched lion surrounded by a vegetal pattern from leaves and brier flowers that are separated from the meander by a right-angled rope (Fig. 2).

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