Revealing the Origins: An Interdisciplinary Study Into the Provenance of Sacral Microarchitecture–The Unique Case of the Church Model From Žatec in Bohemia

Kód výsledku v IS VaVaI

<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F67985912%3A_____%2F25%3A00641483" target="_blank" >RIV/67985912:_____/25:00641483 - isvavai.cz</a>

Nalezeny alternativní kódy

RIV/00216208:11210/25:10504747 RIV/00216208:11310/25:10504747

Výsledek na webu

<a href="https://www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi/10.1515/opar-2025-0059/html" target="_blank" >https://www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi/10.1515/opar-2025-0059/html</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/opar-2025-0059" target="_blank" >10.1515/opar-2025-0059</a>

Jazyk výsledku

angličtina

Název v původním jazyce

Revealing the Origins: An Interdisciplinary Study Into the Provenance of Sacral Microarchitecture–The Unique Case of the Church Model From Žatec in Bohemia

Popis výsledku v původním jazyce

The present study explores the iconographic and cultural significance of a unique case of microarchitecture from Bohemia in the wider context of ecclesiastical donation imagery in late antique, Byzantine, and early medieval art. It focuses on a stone model of a Romanesque church from the city of Žatec. Dating back to the first half of the twelfth century, this small microarchitecture, depicting a single-nave church with a semicircular apse, is the only surviving example of its kind from the early medieval period in Bohemia. The Žatec model provides a rare material instance of this phenomenon, bridging the symbolic and the architectural modus operandi. To further assess its material provenance, the model was investigated using X-ray powder diffraction, which highlights its role as an artefact of both artistic and archaeological significance. While the model’s original function remains uncertain, its iconographic parallels, most notably with the obverse of the denarius of Svatopluk (1107–1109), suggest strong ties to contemporary visual, ecclesiastical, and political culture. There are extremely few analogies to the Žatec model north of the Alps, and only a few in the eastern regions.

Název v anglickém jazyce

Revealing the Origins: An Interdisciplinary Study Into the Provenance of Sacral Microarchitecture–The Unique Case of the Church Model From Žatec in Bohemia

Popis výsledku anglicky

The present study explores the iconographic and cultural significance of a unique case of microarchitecture from Bohemia in the wider context of ecclesiastical donation imagery in late antique, Byzantine, and early medieval art. It focuses on a stone model of a Romanesque church from the city of Žatec. Dating back to the first half of the twelfth century, this small microarchitecture, depicting a single-nave church with a semicircular apse, is the only surviving example of its kind from the early medieval period in Bohemia. The Žatec model provides a rare material instance of this phenomenon, bridging the symbolic and the architectural modus operandi. To further assess its material provenance, the model was investigated using X-ray powder diffraction, which highlights its role as an artefact of both artistic and archaeological significance. While the model’s original function remains uncertain, its iconographic parallels, most notably with the obverse of the denarius of Svatopluk (1107–1109), suggest strong ties to contemporary visual, ecclesiastical, and political culture. There are extremely few analogies to the Žatec model north of the Alps, and only a few in the eastern regions.

Druh

J_imp - Článek v periodiku v databázi Web of Science

CEP obor

—

OECD FORD obor

60102 - Archaeology

Projekt

<a href="/cs/project/GA23-06403S" target="_blank" >GA23-06403S: Provenience mramoru v severní Itálii a na Istrii jako svědectví kontaktů mezi Východem a Západem v pozdní antice</a><br>

Návaznosti

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Rok uplatnění

2025

Kód důvěrnosti údajů

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

Název periodika

Open Archaeology

ISSN

2300-6560

e-ISSN

2300-6560

Svazek periodika

11

Číslo periodika v rámci svazku

1

Stát vydavatele periodika

PL - Polská republika

Počet stran výsledku

23

Strana od-do

20250059

Kód UT WoS článku

001577550400001

EID výsledku v databázi Scopus

2-s2.0-105021050135