Kachlové série – závěr
Series of stove tiles – conclusions

Author(s): Markéta Tymonová, Martin Hložek, Irena Loskotová
Subject(s): Archaeology, Cultural history, Visual Arts, 15th Century, History of Art
Published by: Masarykova univerzita nakladatelství
Keywords: stove tiles; 15th century; Adoration of the Magi; tournament; knight's stove; guilty lion;
Summary/Abstract: Ceramic finds were analysed depending on the availability of individual methods and possibility of destructive sampling. Analyses were made with selected representatives of stove tile series and groups, which are frequently found on various sites in our territory during the 15th century and whose occurrence is not limited only to the Czech lands. Series are characterised as assemblages of finds with clearly definable common features, i.e. collections of thematically related stove tile motifs set into a unified architectonic frame (Adoration of the Magi, tournament) and stove tiles, whose belonging to one and the same type of heating device is determined by a characteristic application of elements of Gothic architecture in connection with heraldic and artistic components of their decoration (knight’s stove). Group encompasses stove tiles with hunting and courtly motifs with similar visual design, which is supplemented by a secondary connecting element in the form of a vegetal ornament. However, this ornament does not represent an integral part of relief decoration and its form and application are variable. A separate group is represented by a motif, which is found on various sites in the same relief design and proportions (guilty lion), but the find contexts do not indicate its possible connection to other reliefs in the body of a stove.

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