“Crapaudine” (Scheenstia teeth) – the jewel of Kings
The result's identifiers
Result code in IS VaVaI
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Alternative codes found
RIV/00094862:_____/20:N0000047
Result on the web
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DOI - Digital Object Identifier
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Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
“Crapaudine” (Scheenstia teeth) – the jewel of Kings
Original language description
Two inconspicuous brownstones in the crown on the reliquary bust of Charlemagne held in the Treasury of Aachen Cathedral are set next to cameos, pearls, precious and semi-precious stones. Rather unusually, they are the button-shaped teeth of a Mesozoic fish called Scheenstia (Lepidotes) maximus (WAGNER, 1863). In the Middle Ages, the prevailing belief was that these stones came from the heads of ancient toads and they were attributed magical, protective, and healing powers on the basis of sympathetic medicine. The most important of these fabulous properties was the ability to detect and neutralize poisons. This paper presents a short chronological overview of the historical records of toad stones from Antiquity to the emergence of scientific paleontology as a basis for future study. The principal European palaeontological localities yielding Scheenstia maximus (WAGNER, 1863) are summarised as possible historical sources for these particular stones. A number of specimens have been studied from museum collections for comparative purposes.
Czech name
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
J<sub>SC</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the SCOPUS database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
60101 - History (history of science and technology to be 6.3, history of specific sciences to be under the respective headings)
Result continuities
Project
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Continuities
I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace
Others
Publication year
2020
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
Acta Musei Moraviae, Scientiae geologicae
ISSN
1211-8796
e-ISSN
2571-4686
Volume of the periodical
105
Issue of the periodical within the volume
2
Country of publishing house
CZ - CZECH REPUBLIC
Number of pages
18
Pages from-to
277-294
UT code for WoS article
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EID of the result in the Scopus database
2-s2.0-85101230686