For many years, the attention of specialists has been aimed at Těšín folk costumes decorated with silver jewellery. They are the result of a gradual diffusion of city jewellers’ products among wealthier countrymen; amateur craftsmen (so called fušeři - dabblers) used to make jewellery for less wealthy people. Jablunkov and Těšín were main centres of this production. Jewellery was primarily made of silver, but copper, tin, lead and later new materials (German silver) were used as well. The most common methods of making silver jewellery were casting (the oldest technology), extrusion and filigree. There are following types of jewellery: hooks, belts, buttons, chains, necklaces and different brooches. Grotesque, arabesque, auriculated and also zoomorphic (lion, bird, lamb) and anthropomorphic (king David, angel) ornaments prevail on the oldest jewellery. Silver belts became the height of art and craftsmanship of Těšín jewellers’ work. The most extensive and comprehensive collection of Těšín silver folk costume jewellery is owned by the Museum of Těšínsko in Český Těšín.
The language analysis of the work by S. L. Zasadius titled Kazania pokutne demonstrates the presence of regional features, especially at phonological, inflectional and syntactic level. At the morphological level there appears a great number of archaic elements coming mainly from the archaic period of the Polish language. The analysis of the work broadens the knowledge on the topic of regional variation of Cieszyn Polish language during the 18th century.
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Analýza díla Kazania Pokutne od S. L. Zasadia je prezentací zvláštností a odlišností polštiny, která byla používána v církevní oblasti Těšínského Slezska v 18. století, od polštiny v centrální části polského území. Autorka poukazuje na jevy povahy fonologické, morfologické, syntaktické a lexikální a snaží se o vysvětlení jejich existence na periferních územích polského jazykového areálu. Zjištěná fakta jsou dalším přispěním k výzkumu regionální varianty polštiny na Těšínsku v 18. století.
The article serves as a contribution to the role of women in Protestant culture. An analysis of five manuscripts by Jan Traugott Bartelmus proves that a woman is gradually gaining a new position in society. Still, the main mission of a woman is motherhood and bringing up children in faith, which is manifested in many word combinations in the form of epithets (faithful mother, gracious, kind, faithful wife, etc.). However, other roles emerge, such as supporting the poor or material help for the church. The analysis also showed that educated Cieszyn women were held in high esteem.
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