Toadstones and snake eyes from the Cabinet of Curiosities of the Strahov Monastery in Prague and from the former Imperial Collection in Vienna

Result code in IS VaVaI

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Result on the web

<a href="http://scigeo.actamm.cz/cs/ropusi-kameny-a-hadi-oci-z-kabinetu-kuriozit-strahovskeho-klastera-v-praze-a-puvodni-cisarske-sbirky-ve-vidni/" target="_blank" >http://scigeo.actamm.cz/cs/ropusi-kameny-a-hadi-oci-z-kabinetu-kuriozit-strahovskeho-klastera-v-praze-a-puvodni-cisarske-sbirky-ve-vidni/</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

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Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Toadstones and snake eyes from the Cabinet of Curiosities of the Strahov Monastery in Prague and from the former Imperial Collection in Vienna

Original language description

Twelve button-like fossil teeth from the Cabinet of curiosities of Strahov Monastery in Prague and the former Imperial collection in Vienna are analysed. Teeth belong to different systematic groups of various geological ages. Some teeth are modified by grinding and polishing and they were probably used as raw material for an art object or jewellery. These teeth were thought to be so-called toadstones (crapaudine, lapis bufonis, batrachites) and snake eyes (occhi di serpe, oculis serpentum) in the pre-scientific history. The tradition of toadstones is associated above all with Western Europe (mainly England and France) and its origins can be traced back to the Middle Ages. Snake eyes are only associated with the island of Malta and their tradition is most widespread only from the 16th–17th century. While there are many artefacts, especially toadstone rings, tangible evidence of snake eyes is relatively scarce. Fossil teeth (toadstones and snake eyes) from the Strahov Cabinet of curiosities and Vienna Imperial collection are important relics of the historical understanding of fossils.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_SC - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the SCOPUS database

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

10506 - Paleontology

Project

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Continuities

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year

2022

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Acta Musei Moraviae, Scientiae geologicae

ISSN

1211-8796

e-ISSN

2571-4686

Volume of the periodical

2

Issue of the periodical within the volume

107

Country of publishing house

CZ - CZECH REPUBLIC

Number of pages

13

Pages from-to

287–299

UT code for WoS article

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EID of the result in the Scopus database

2-s2.0-85144421664