The oldest silk textiles from the archaeological contexts of Prague Castle, Czech Republic

0561946 - ARÚ 2023 CZ eng A - Abstrakt
Bravermanová, Milena
The oldest silk textiles from the archaeological contexts of Prague Castle, Czech Republic.
28th EAA Annual Meeting (Budapest, Hungary, 2022). Abstract book. Prague: European Association of Archaeologists, 2022 - (Kleinová, K.). s. 224. ISBN 978-80-88441-02-1.
[Annual Meeting of the European Association of Archaeologists /28./. 31.08.2022-03.09.2022, Budapest]
Institucionální podpora: RVO:67985912
Klíčová slova: silk textiles * archaeological contexts of Prague Castle * 10th century * Boleslav II. and St. Ludmila * samite * protolampas
Obor OECD: Archaeology
https://submissions.e-a-a.org/repository/preview.php?id=15024

The oldest silk textiles from the archaeological contexts of Prague Castle date back to the end of the 10th century. The first was picked up from the tomb of Prince Boleslav II. Přemyslid (died 999) and it is a fragment of a samite with an eagle pattern, which was made in Byzantium. Trousers leg were sewn from it, only the lace with a knot that held them below the knee has survived. The second silk fabric is part of the reliquary set of St. Ludmila, also from the Přemyslid dynasty (died 921), served as the cover of the remains of the first Czech saint. It is a protolampas with two patterns - with birds in medallions and a small pattern also with medallions, from which the dalmatic was sewn. The fabric also comes from Byzantium. Both textiles are rare imports and, among other things, document their various uses. In the first case, it is a secular garment, which has become a funeral clothing. In the second case, it is the oldest surviving church robe in the Czech lands, which came here as one of the first bishops in Prague and later became a reliquary cloth.
Trvalý link: https://hdl.handle.net/11104/0334372