Staletá Praha 31, 2/2015


RESEARCH ARTICLES

Nestelhülsen - Aiglets in Medieval and Post-Medieval Prague

Tomasz Cymbalak, Sylvie Svatošová

Staletá Praha 31, 2/2015, 2-15 | DOI: 10.56112/sp.2015.2.01  

This article is concerned with archaeological small artefacts cut from metal plates. Their for a time uncertain interpretation has been explained by comparison with iconographic sources as aiglets for laces, cords and ribbons applied on garments of various social levels. This material study summarises the finds of aiglets from rescue excavations within the historic centre of Prague. Producers of laces, cords and belts have been neglected in the Czech and Moravian professional literature. This article aims at this small but important part of the products by these narrowly specialised craftsmen and their wide use.

Early Medieval fortification at Hradčany in Prague : New information from the excavation in 2011 and 2013
Die frühmittelalterliche Befestigung in Hradschin in Prag : Neue Erkenntnisse anhand der Forschungen aus den Jahren 2011 und 2013

Gabriela Blažková, Josef Matiášek, Radka Kozáková, Petr Kočár

Staletá Praha 31, 2/2015, 16-41 | DOI: 10.56112/sp.2015.2.02  

This article concerns discovery of fortification remains - a ditch and a fragment of a front stone wall at Hradčanské square in Prague 1-Hradčany. This is the first clear evidence of the fortification existence to the west from today's Prague castle. Archaeological excavations are described in detail with interpretations concerning the infilling and deterioration of the ditch. Pollen and macroremains analysis of the ditch fill are included with their results summarized together. The second part of the article is an overview of current knowledge of the pre-Romanesque fortification of the Prague left bank with highlighting unpublished data from Hradčany....

Romanesque church of St. Clement and the arrival of Dominicans to Prague Old Town in the light of the most recent discoveries

Jan Havrda, Miroslav Kovář, Anna Žďárská

Staletá Praha 31, 2/2015, 42-61 | DOI: 10.56112/sp.2015.2.03  

The discovery of Romanesque construction in the basement of the south wing of Prague Klementinum prompted discussion on the earliest buildings on this site where the church of St. Clement should have been situated according to a mention in so called Dalimil's chronicle. Also one of the most important ecclesiastical institutions of its period was to be found on this site in the High Medieval Ages. The article also summarises written evidence up to the mid 13th century concerning the settling of the Order of brothers Preachers in Prague.

Revisited after 65 Years : The First Building Phase of the Church of the Virgin Mary at Prague Castle, Hradčany

Jana Maříková-Kubková, Iva Herichová

Staletá Praha 31, 2/2015, 62-75 | DOI: 10.56112/sp.2015.2.04  

The Church of the Virgin Mary, the latest discovery among the churches at Prague Castle known from written sources, was investigated at the very beginning of the 1950s. Attempts at finding its location date back to the interwar period, and it was around 1930 that Ivan Borkovský found the first indication of a building he was later to identify as St Mary's Church. Since the first publication of his investigation in 1950, it has been clear that the location and building do not conform to the idea conveyed by the written sources. This contribution seeks to define the place the church was erected at, to suggest a new reconstruction of its first building...

MATERIALIA

Stonemasons marks in the passage of The Powder Tower

Ladislav Bartoš

Staletá Praha 31, 2/2015, 76-88 | DOI: 10.56112/sp.2015.2.05  

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 Prašná 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...

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Archaeologia historica I-XX (1976-1995) - bibliography (143-145), index of places (146-151), thematic index (152-154)

Staletá Praha 31, 2/2015, 143-154  

REPORTS

Prague Semmering. Contribution to the history of the Prague railway network

Jan Jakub Outrata, Zvonimír Dragoun

Staletá Praha 31, 2/2015, 123-142 | DOI: 10.56112/sp.2015.2.12  

The part of the Buštěhrad railway is the Prague-Hostivice line from 1870-1872, so called Prague Semmering. It forms a remarkable architectural landscape complex and includes famous historic viaducts across the Hlubočepy valley, and a number of further industrial and railway buildings, partly preserved in high stage of authenticity. The article evaluates architectural, historic and technical qualities of this complex as well as its parts, which served as a source data for the proposal of this complex in the stated section as a cultural monument. Despite that the original buildings of the Buštěhrad railway in the area of the Smíchov station are currently...

NEWS

Aktuality

Staletá Praha 31, 2/2015, 155-170  

F. van den Bossche a J. Wechter, 1606

Rudolfínská Praha v detailech Sadelerova prospektu (12). Klementinum

Ondřej Šefců

Staletá Praha 31, 2/2015, 171-172  

50. YARS

Poster A

Staletá Praha 31, 2/2015, 89-91  

Půlstoletí v pražském podzemí

Zdeněk Dragoun, Jaroslav Podliska, Michal Tryml

Staletá Praha 31, 2/2015, 92-94  

90 years of systematic archaeological research of Prague historic centre and the 50th anniversary of the foundation of the specialised department for Prague archaeological heritage management in the context of the state and potential of research of Prague beginnings

Ivana Boháčová

Staletá Praha 31, 2/2015, 95-111 | DOI: 10.56112/sp.2015.2.08  

The text, compiled at the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the foundation of the archaeological department for rescue excavations and heritage care in Prague, briefly summarises the conception and development of archaeological heritage management in Prague in the 20th and the early 21st centuries. It reviews current state of research, which dates back to the 1920s with its intensity rising with the building boom in the outstandingly valuable historic centre of this town since the 2nd half of the 1980s. Potential of archaeological research of the earliest history of this exceptional site of European importance is discussed. Special attention is given...

Archeologická památková péče a archeologické poznávání

Jan Klápště

Staletá Praha 31, 2/2015, 112-114  

Archeologie na pražském pracovišti NPÚ

Petr Sommer

Staletá Praha 31, 2/2015, 115-117  

Poster B

Staletá Praha 31, 2/2015, 118-122  

BACK MATTER

V za(u)jetí malostranských stratigrafií; Jan Hus v památkách Prahy

Staletá Praha 31, 2/2015, III