VÝVOJ PEČETÍ STŘEDNÍHO A NIŽŠÍHO KLÉRU V ČECHÁCH A NA MORAVĚ VE STŘEDOVĚKU. ZÁKLADNÍ PŘEHLED A TYPOLOGIE

• Authors: Bolom-Kotari Martina

Title variants

EN

Development of seals of the middle and lower clergy in Bohemia and Moravia in the Middle Ages. Basic overview and typology

• Languages of publication: CS

Abstracts

EN

The study focuses on the seals of the middle and lower clergy in Bohemia and Moravia in the Middle Ages. In contrast to the seals of bishops and archbishops, the sphragistic material of, for example, important episcopal officials, officials and vicars general, but also superiors and members of chapters, monastery superiors and priests, has received less attention in the form of partial studies that do not systematically cover the topic. The text provides basic information about the first appearance of seals of the mentioned ecclesiastical dignitaries. It focuses on the motifs they chose for their seals, the reasons for their use and their significance. The iconography of their seals was very varied; one can encounter portrait, hagiographic motifs and their combinations, as well as armorial, inscriptional and topographical motifs. The study also briefly summarizes the development of the use of coloured wax, the changes in the size of individual seals and notes the relationship between the size of seals of church dignitaries and other members of society.

Keywords

EN

MEDIEVAL SIGILLOGRAPHY; ICONOGRAPHY; SEALS; BOHEMIA; MORAVIA; CLERGY; MIDDLE AGES

• Publisher: Univerzita Konštantína Filozofa v Nitre
• Journal: Konštantínove listy
• Year: 2024
• Volume: 17
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 64 - 76

Contributors

author

Bolom-Kotari Martina

• Philosophical Faculty, University of Hradec Králové, Rokitanského 62, 500 03 Hradec Králové, Czech Republic

• https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3545-5617

Identifiers

DOI

10.17846/CL.2024.17.1.64-76