PT Journal
AU Bartos, L
TI Stonemasons marks in the passage of The Powder Tower
SO Staleta Praha
PY 2015
BP 76
EP 88
VL 31
IS 2
DI 10.56112/sp.2015.2.05
WP https://staletapraha.cz/en/artkey/pha-201502-0005.php
DE Prague-Old Town - gate - Powder Tower (Prasna Gate) - Late Gothic - stonemasons' marks - documentation - 15th century - Matej Rejsek - Josef Mocker
SN 02316056
AB The text concerns problems of the methods of survey and documentation of stonemasons' marks and pays attention to the current state of viewing the results of work done in this field so far, i.e. publication of documented stone marks on Prague buildings. Walls in the passage of the Prasna Gate have been chosen to practical verification of options and limits during their documentation without direct access (from scaffolding, platform etc.). Documentation of marks on the ashlar walls was pursued solely from the pavement level using a camera, folding 2 m rule as a graphical scale and sun light at various angles in various seasons and day times on certain parts of the walls. Individual types of marks and their position on the walls were documented. The marks come from the period of the tower construction in 1475-1483. In the second half of the 19th century the marks were documented by Frantisek Benes, Franz Rziha and Josef Mocker. The finds from the passage could thus be compared with earlier documentation, which was widened with further types of marks found in the accessible interiors of the tower.
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