The uncrowned "bohemian King" and his "bible" Castle. Blatná by the highest burgrave of Prague castle Zdeňek Lev of Rožmitál, around the years 1520-1530

Result code in IS VaVaI

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Result on the web

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DOI - Digital Object Identifier

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Result language

angličtina

Original language name

The uncrowned "bohemian King" and his "bible" Castle. Blatná by the highest burgrave of Prague castle Zdeňek Lev of Rožmitál, around the years 1520-1530

Original language description

This article presents a new interpretation of the ideological message of Blatná Castle after its expansion by Benedikt Ried, commissioned by Zdeňek Lev of Rožmitál around 1520–1530. The key to deciphering the biblical code of the residence of this powerful magnate is found in two columns standing in front of the castle façade, which have not been included in previous research. their dilapidated state, as well as residually legible profile forms and ornaments, unequivocally point to their dating back to the time of Ried’s expansion. In the history of art, they are a well-known imitation of the bronze pillars of Jachin and Boaz, placed in front of the Old Testament Temple of Solomon. The expressive oriels of the part of the castle erected by Ried may be a reference to a diagram similar to a pentagram, often appearing on the pages of codices called the clavicula Salomonis. In the beginning, they contained the instructions of the great biblical king to his son Roboam. This is reflected in the family situation of the builder, as it is generally agreed that Blatná Castle was built by Zdeněk Lev in connection with the marriage of his son Adam. References to Solomon were quite common at the time, both at Prague Castle and at the residences of several Silesian dukes. They should not be surprising in the case of someone who, for more than 20 years (1507–1530), was the most important person in the state after the ruler (the highest burgrave of Prague Castle). Zdeněk Lev was a very active and influential politician with a Catholic orientation and nationalist, Bohemian disposition, who liked to moralize and judge and use biblical examples or episodes from Bohemian history

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

60401 - Arts, Art history

Project

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Continuities

N - Vyzkumna aktivita podporovana z neverejnych zdroju

Publication year

2022

Confidentiality

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

Name of the periodical

Res Gestae

ISSN

2450-4475

e-ISSN

2451-0068

Volume of the periodical

15

Issue of the periodical within the volume

2

Country of publishing house

PL - POLAND

Number of pages

17

Pages from-to

50-66

UT code for WoS article

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EID of the result in the Scopus database

2-s2.0-85213983106