The royal crypt at Prague Castle - textiles relics of Czech rulers and their family members

0508124 - ARÚ 2020 CH eng A - Abstrakt
Březinová, Helena - Bravermanová, Milena
The royal crypt at Prague Castle - textiles relics of Czech rulers and their family members.
Beyond paradigms. 25th EAA Annual Meeting (Bern, 2019). Abstract book. Bern: European Association of Archaeologists, 2019 - (Kleinová, K.). s. 595. ISBN 978-80-907270-6-9.
[Annual Meeting of the European Association of Archaeologists /25./. 04.09.2019-07.09.2019, Bern]
Grant CEP: GA ČR(CZ) GA19-00166S
Institucionální podpora: RVO:67985912
Klíčová slova: Prague Castle * royal crypt * Luxembourg and Habsburg dynasties * archaeological textiles * funerary equipment
Obor OECD: Archaeology
https://submissions.e-a-a.org/eaa2019/sessions/contribution/repository_pdf.php?abstract=652

The unique collection of medieval and Renaissance archaeological textiles and other objects from Prague Castle is a highly important source for knowledge of the material culture of the highest social class of this time. A large number of these items made up the furnishings of coffins of the Luxembourg and Habsburg dynasty members buried in the royal crypt in St. Vitus Cathedral built by Bohemian King and Holy Roman Emperor Charles IV around 1350. Two hundred years later, during the rule of Emperor Maximilian, the crypt was moved several meters further west and a mausoleum was constructed above it. Charles IV (†1378), his four wives, his sons John from Görlitz (†1396) and Bohemian King Wenceslas IV (†1419), later Bohemian kings Ladislaus the Posthumous (†1457) and George of Poděbrady (†1471) were buried in the lower part of the crypt. Habsburg rulers - Ferdinand I (†1564), his wife Anna Jagellonica (†1547) and Maximilian II (†1576) - were buried in the upper part, the remains of Maximilian's daughter (†1580) and Rudolf II (†1612) again in the lower part. The crypt was opened several times over the centuries and coffins were also exchanged. All funerary equipment was removed by a large-scale reconstruction of the crypt in 1928, after which they become part of the Prague Castle collection. The objects have recently been restored and their detailed research is currently being finalised. Most of them are deposited in the depository and are partially displayed in a permanent or short-term exhibition. Since the collection dates back to 1928, contemporary scientists do not have to deal with the ethical problem of disturbing the final resting place of historical figures. However, it is clear that crypts should be opened when required by their technical condition not to cause a sensation.
Trvalý link: http://hdl.handle.net/11104/0299111