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- Title
ARCHEOLOGICKÉ TEXTILIE Z OLOMOUCE, KŘÍŽKOVSKÉHO 10.
- Authors
BRAVERMANOVÁ, MILENA; DEHNEROVÁ, HANA; ŠOVAR, VERONIKA
- Abstract
A series of fabrics was uncovered during archaeological research at 10 Křížkovského Street in Olomouc in 2015. Fragments of fabric, cords and strings came from a layer of a rubble fill from the second half of the 16th century, from the area of the former St. James Convent. A total of 33 fragments of silk fabric with the remains of metal threads woven using the lampas technique were found. The general form of the fabric pattern could not be determined, but the preserved central motif is a bird resembling a swan sitting under a tree whose trunk has branches cut off at the bottom, with leaves and two large cones in the crown. According to analogies, the fabric from Olomouc can be interpreted as Italian and dated to the last third of the 14th to the beginning of the 15th century. It was a luxurious fabric, and given the discovery near the convent, it was probably originally part of an ecclesiastical vestment or a fabric used in religious service. Secondary use of the fabric later cannot be ruled out.
- Subjects
OLOMOUC (Czech Republic); FIFTEENTH century; CONVENTS; SILK; MIDDLE Ages; SWANS; FOURTEENTH century; SIXTEENTH century
- Publication
Archaeologia Historica, 2022, Vol 47, Issue 1, p347
- ISSN
0231-5823
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.5817/AH2022-1-16