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Prague: MRA-CZE-Pra001

Type Sample Item

Sample ID

MRA-CZE-Pra001

Sample Material Type

Mural painting

Sample Sub-type

fragment
micro-fragment

Dimensions (cm)

Length
1.6
Width
1.55
Height
0.1
Notes

Weight

weight value (g)
0.71
Notes
all fragments together

Geographic Location

Country
Czech Republic
Place
Prague

Site/monument

Czech Republic (CZE)
Prague
Emmaus Monastery

Historical note about the site/monument

The Emmaus Monastery (formerly called Na Slovanech) was established in 1347 at the order of the King of Bohemia and the Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire. In its early years, the monastery’s community of Benedictine monks produced numerous manuscripts using the Croatian angular Glagolitic script in both Croatian Church Slavonic and Old Czech, fragments of which survive to this day. The monastery received a cycle of mural paintings in the 1360s, and in the 17th and 18th centuries the building was updated to reflect Baroque tastes with the addition of two temple towers. Bombing during World War II inflicted severe structural damage to the monastery, leading to the replacement of its roof and the addition of new steeples in the 1960s.

Further reading:
Simpson, A. (1984). The connections between English and Bohemian painting during the second half of the fourteenth century. New York: Garland.

Chronological period (sample)

14th century

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