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A CONTRIBUTION TO THE DISCUSSIONS ABOUT THE POSSIBLE ORIGIN OF CERTAIN PIECES OF JEWELLERY SHAPED LIKE BOOK COVERS. SOME SUGGESTIONS TO ZDENĚK KLANICA’S ARTICLE

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BALCÁREK P.

Eirene. Studia Graeca et Latina

2012

vol. 48

issue 1-2

49-59

The present article is a response to Zdeněk Klanica’s study published in the Festschrift dedicated to Professor Zdeněk Měřínský on the occasion of his sixtieth birthday (2010). It deals with archaeological objects which have been an issue in Czech historiography, small pendants in the shape of a book cover, made of gilded bronze or silver, some richly decorated with granulation and filigree, which are here called amulets. It is argued that these objects are exclusively the expression of personal faith in the widespread amuletic magical power attributed to Sacred Books by Jews, Christians and Muslims. The objects discussed used to have an apotropaic, as well as a devotional, value for those carrying them, as they were designed for private use and contained semi-canonical religious texts and formulas or had a design with a magical character. These examples could be dated back to the period before iconoclasm; it could therefore be inferred that, in the post-iconoclastic period (in the 9th or 10th century), they were transported to the outskirts of the Byzantine Empire as objects which had become out of fashion.

SILVER AND GLASS IN MEDIEVAL TRADE AND CULTURAL EXCHANGE BETWEEN VENICE AND THE KINGDOM OF BOHEMIA

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Zaoral R.

Český časopis historický (The Czech Historical Review)

2011

vol. 109

issue 2

235-261

The study was written with two main intentions. The first idea is to refer to the connection between reforms of coins, weights and measures, realized in the 1260s and 1270s from the decision of Premysl II Ottokar, King of Bohemia (1253-1278), and legal and administrative changes, carried out at the mint of Venice (Zecca) and the house of German merchants (Fondaco dei Tedeschi), as a background for the development of trade contacts between the Kingdom of Bohemia and Venice. The second aim is to point to the fact that this long-distance trade had a cultural dimension. The archaeological finds from the Czech lands support a direct connection between exported silver bullion and imported Islamic and Italian glass, linked to a high dining culture focused on a wine consumption.

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A CONTRIBUTION TO THE DISCUSSIONS ABOUT THE POSSIBLE ORIGIN OF CERTAIN PIECES OF JEWELLERY SHAPED LIKE BOOK COVERS. SOME SUGGESTIONS TO ZDENĚK KLANICA’S ARTICLE

SILVER AND GLASS IN MEDIEVAL TRADE AND CULTURAL EXCHANGE BETWEEN VENICE AND THE KINGDOM OF BOHEMIA