Christian textual amulet on a lead sheet from Rękawczyn in
Greater Poland Province

J 2021

Christian textual amulet on a lead sheet from Rękawczyn in Greater Poland Province

URBANOVÁ, Daniela, Dalibor HAVEL, Petra MUTLOVÁ, Konrad KNAUBER, Katarzyna SCHELLNER et. al.

Basic information

Original name

Christian textual amulet on a lead sheet from Rękawczyn in Greater Poland Province

Name in Czech

Křesťanský olověný amulet s nápisem z Rękawczyna z Velkopolské oblasti

Authors

URBANOVÁ, Daniela (203 Czech Republic, guarantor, belonging to the institution), Dalibor HAVEL (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution), Petra MUTLOVÁ (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution), Konrad KNAUBER (276 Germany), Katarzyna SCHELLNER (616 Poland) and Krzystof GORCZYCA (616 Poland)

Edition

Sprawozdania archeologiczne, Kraków, Instytut archeologii i etnologii polskej akademii nauk, 2021, 0081-3834

Other information

Language

English

Type of outcome

Článek v odborném periodiku

Field of Study

60202 Specific languages

Country of publisher

Poland

Confidentiality degree

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

References:

stránky časopisu

RIV identification code

RIV/00216224:14210/21:00123390

Organization unit

Faculty of Arts

DOI

http://dx.doi.org/10.23858/SA/73.2021.2.2498

Keywords in English

Christian amulet; lead amulet; protective magic; Gospel of John; Gothic minuscule; medieval archaeology

Abstract

V originále

The subject of this article is the discovery of a lead amulet with an engraved Latin inscription. It was found in Rękawczyn (the eastern part of Greater Poland) in 2018 during research conducted by the District Museum in Konin. This artefact is the first and so far only find of its kind in the Polish context. It was identified by comparing it to similar finds from Germany and Bohemia from the 11th–13th centuries that bear apotropaic Latin inscriptions. This paper presents the circumstances and overall context of the find as well as a reconstruction of the Latin text. The text on the amulet consists of 24 lines (damaged especially on the inner part), which are barely legible and which contain a long quotation from the Gospel of John followed by an apotropaic formula with magical words. The reconstruction of the text is accompanied by a tentative interpretation and commentary. The palaeographical analysis of the script (Gothic minuscule) dated the amulet to the second half of the 14th century. The study presents the amulet in the wider context of similar inscriptions of European origin.

Links

MUNI/A/1300/2020, interní kód MU

Name: Interdisciplinární výzkum řečtiny a latiny a jejich literatur (Acronym: Klasfilmed)

Investor: Masaryk University

MUNI/A/1392/2020, interní kód MU

Name: Prameny Českého diplomatáře (Acronym: Prameny CDB)

Investor: Masaryk University

Citovat

URBANOVÁ, Daniela, Dalibor HAVEL, Petra MUTLOVÁ, Konrad KNAUBER, Katarzyna SCHELLNER and Krzystof GORCZYCA. Christian textual amulet on a lead sheet from Rękawczyn in Greater Poland Province. Sprawozdania archeologiczne. Kraków: Instytut archeologii i etnologii polskej akademii nauk, 2021, vol. 73, No 2, p. 339-364. ISSN 0081-3834. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.23858/SA/73.2021.2.2498.

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N2  - The subject of this article is the discovery of a lead amulet with an engraved Latin inscription. It was found in Rękawczyn (the eastern part of Greater Poland) in 2018 during research conducted by the District Museum in Konin. This artefact is the first and so far only find of its kind in the Polish context. It was identified by comparing it to similar finds from Germany and Bohemia from the 11th–13th centuries that bear apotropaic Latin inscriptions. This paper presents the circumstances and overall context of the find as well as a reconstruction of the Latin text. The text on the amulet consists of 24 lines (damaged especially on the inner part), which are barely legible and which contain a long quotation from the Gospel of John followed by an apotropaic formula with magical words. The reconstruction of the text is accompanied by a tentative interpretation and commentary. The palaeographical analysis of the script (Gothic minuscule) dated the amulet to the second half of the 14th century. The study presents the amulet in the wider context of similar inscriptions of European origin.
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URBANOVÁ, Daniela, Dalibor HAVEL, Petra MUTLOVÁ, Konrad KNAUBER, Katarzyna SCHELLNER and Krzystof GORCZYCA. Christian textual amulet on a lead sheet from Rękawczyn in Greater Poland Province. \textit{Sprawozdania archeologiczne}. Kraków: Instytut archeologii i etnologii polskej akademii nauk, 2021, vol.~73, No~2, p.~339-364. ISSN~0081-3834. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.23858/SA/73.2021.2.2498.

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