ARMS AND ARMOUR ON LATE MEDIEVAL FRESCOS FROM THE PARISH CHURCH IN KOZIEGLOWY

• Authors: Zabinski G.
• Languages of publication: PL

Abstracts

EN

Frescos from the church in Kozieglowy (province of Silesia) have not been explored so far as a source for the history of arms and armour in Poland. They are of rather schematic nature; moreover, they are probably a compilation of an early fifteenth-century background with later layers from the 1470s. However, they are a good representation of the so-called 'mocking armour' (depictions of armed oppressors of Christ, deformed in order to emphasize their hostility towards the Christian and 'chivalrous' world). They also offer interesting depictions of late medieval Gothic breastplates and side arms (falchions). The depictions of side arms from the frescoes find their analogies in archaeological data as well in depictions and examples of arms from late medieval Germany and Hungary.19 Figures, 1 Table

Keywords

EN

ARMS & ARMOUR; FRESCOS IN KOZIEGLOWY CHURCH (POLAND)

Discipline

• HISTORY: HISTORY

• Publisher: Institute of Archaeology and Ethnology, Polish Academy of Sciences
• Journal: Kwartalnik Historii Kultury Materialnej
• Year: 2004
• Volume: 52
• Issue: 3
• Pages: 259-271
• Document type: ARTICLE

Contributors

author

Zabinski G.

• G. Zabinski, ul.Mikusinskiego 17/7, 10-146 Katowice, Poland

Identifiers

CEJSH db identifier

06PLAAAA00701752