Publication details
Pečeti konventů českého převorství johanitského řádu ve středověku
| Title in English | Seals of the convents of the Czech Priory of Hospitallers in the Middle Ages |
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| Year of publication | 2021 |
| Type | Article in Proceedings |
| Conference | Sigilla – Arma – Monetae : Sborník příspěvků k 70. narozeninám profesora Tomáše Krejčíka |
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| Keywords | the Middle Ages; Hospitallers; Czech priory; seals of convents |
| Description | The paper traces the use of seals by the Hospitaller convents of the Czech Priory (Bailiwick Bohemia, Moravia, Poland/Silesia, Austria). The convents in Bohemia and Moravia all used their seals, usually with the designation SIGILLVM ECCLESIE or SIGILLVM CONVENTVS with the subsequent determination of the place. The oldest seal of the Prague Convent at the Virgin Mary in pede pontis with a simple cross has been preserved from 1238, the second type with a somewhat better workmanship (again only a cross, but with extended arms) from 1273. The third type (preserved 1313-1463) artistic and iconographic quality sample of engraving work. In the central arcade is depicted St. Mary with Jesus in two side st. John the Baptist and St. John the Evangelist. The fourth type (for the first time 1503) uses the same motif, but in a late Gothic form. The seals of houses in Český Dub (Světlá) have also been preserved from Bohemia - two types, Strakonice, Manětín, Kladsko and Zittau. In Moravia, the commanderies probably sealed as well, but only one late medieval specimen from Old Brno has been preserved. All seals of these commands are based on the symbolism of St. John the Baptist (figure or half-figure of a saint with the Lamb of God, the Lamb of God, a severed head on a bowl). |