Petrographic examination of Gothic mortars of the house of Lords of Kunštát in Brno, Czech Republic

0349946 - ARÚB 2011 RIV FR eng C - Conference Paper (international conference)
Gregerová, M. - Všianský, D. - Procházka, Rudolf - Kurdíková, L.
Petrographic examination of Gothic mortars of the house of Lords of Kunštát in Brno, Czech Republic.
Historic Mortars and RILEM TC 203-RHM Final Workshop. Bagneux: Rilem, 2009 - (Válek, J.; Groot, C.; Hughes, J.), s. 175-185. ISBN 978-2-35158-112-4.
[Historic mortars conference /2./. Praha (CZ), 22.09.2010-24.09.2010]
R&D Projects: GA ČR GA404/09/1966
Institutional research plan: CEZ:AV0Z80010507
Keywords : Gothic mortars * Middle Age * Moravia * Brno
Subject RIV: AC - Archeology, Anthropology, Ethnology

The paper aims at characterising Gothic mortars of The House of Lords of Kunštát in Brno. The House of Lords of Kunštát in Brno was built in Gothic style as two burgher houses in the second half of the 13th century, joined up as the nobblemen-palace in the half of the 14th century and rebuilt in Renaissance style in 1585-99. Light and electron microscopy, microanalysis, and X-ray diffraction were used to characterize the mortars. Provenances of lime and aggregate were identified. The age of the examined mortars was estimated based on micrite recrystallization in the binder and comparison of the recrystallization level with archaeologically dated samples exposed to identical conditions.
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