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Roman sword scabbard and its Fittings during the Principate
Kuník, Stanislav ; Musil, Jiří (advisor) ; Bouzek, Jan (referee)
This thesis deals with comparison of archaeological and iconographical material, which is releated with military equipment from early and middle Principate. Goal of this work is assessment of Roman military equipment, which is mostly upcoming from limes and iconographical side of gravestones or other reliefs from that period. Based on this analysis the work is primary focused on typology of decorative fittings of scabbards, for example protective features (display of gods and heroes, apotropaic point), further work appraise propaganda motives for example in the form of a portrait of emperor and his triumph.
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Weapon as a work of art. With focus on problems of specific weapons identity and interpretation of weapon as feature
Schartel, Tomáš ; Sýkora, Ondřej (advisor) ; Filip, Michal (referee)
TITLE: Weapon as a work of art. With focus on problems of specific weapons identity and interpretation of weapon as feature AUTHOR: Tomáš Schartel DEPARTMENT: Institute for professional development, faculty of education SUPERVISOR: Mgr. Ondřej Sýkora ABSTRACT: The purpose of this bachelory diploma is to present a weapon as a mean of hunting or fighting, as well as the masterpiece, which says a lot about a person who created it. The creator gave to each weapon himself, didn't he? He had to be a good craftsman but he had to have art feeling too. Some people said the weapon had a magic power, according to others it wasn't difficult to recognize their owner. A long time ago the typical weapon was a sword which the kings and knights used to show their power. The sword as the most important weapon of medieval fighter, was very efficient and it was used for fighting at close range. The sword wasn't only the symbol of war but also the sign of prior role in society. But we can't only see the sword as a weapon. Sovereigners handed over the sword to each other as a symbol of reign leaving. The sword was a symbol of faith at the time of crusade when its shape was taken as a cross. The contribution of the bachelory diploma is acquisition of basic knowledges from the history of development and establishment the variety...
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Weapon (not only) as a work of art
Sedláček, Petr ; Šmíd, Jan (advisor) ; Sýkora, Ondřej (referee)
The purpose of this bachelor work is to introduce a small-arms not only as an object for various kinds of practical utilization, but also to afer on thein values from the point of their perception as an art artefact in the linkup on their development in different cultures. It directs also on the region of Japan and samurai swords with reference on their sociocultural value. In the part dedicated to the hand weapons it introduces a history of their creation and methods of their division. In the last part presents the weapon as a device used in the movie industry and in the computer games in the linkup on a weapon presentation as an item of the violence in an up to date society. One of the targets of this bachelor work about weapons is an analyse of the social pathological event of the shooting in the schools so called "school shooting", which becomes very extended phenomen of current days. Work points on the possibilities and reasons of the origin of this phenomen by revealing a possible offender profile and further I introduce a concepts of the school shooting prevention in the linkup on the posibility to reveal potencial offender in time. Benefits of the bachelor work is getting a basic knowledges from the history and hand weapons development section, but also their presentation as an object of...
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Morphology of Armour
Bařák, Hynek ; Zálešák, Jan (referee) ; Kvíčala, Petr (advisor)
In my thesis, I was very inspired by middle age, whitch has huge influence on my work. It is a epoch of my interest, I am activelly interrested in it and it is with me throught all my live, practicaly since childhood. In painting there are mainly motives of knight´s armor, whitch is underlying cornerstone of my work. My interrest in armor is caused by it´s technical perfection, decorativeness and majesty in the late phase. In that time technicaly did not acted function of protection, but it acted represetativ function and we can see it like a art or statue. By technical site I really experiment with lots of different technics, in many cases I never stay on single one. I work with layers, underlay, with drawing as well as painting. With diferent washing or scribing I open lower layers, I react to it and then I repaint it, simply experimenting. It is almoust archeology back to the old layers of picture. Discovery, connection older layers with new ones. About the painters whose I am interrested in they are primarily Josef Bolf, Vladimír Kokolia, Jaroslav Róna, Giger, Wolfli, Jackson Pollock.
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Production of Knives
Suchý, Jan ; Kalivoda, Milan (referee) ; Polzer, Aleš (advisor)
This theses deals with cold weapons topic. The first part describes historical development of European swords and weapons originating from them. Further on the thesis presents material analysis and comparison of steels used for cold weapons production. It also shows different production methods including a brief note about the difference between forged and gringed blade. Then the thesis outlines differences among various blade shapes and how these shapes define their cutting characteristics and usage. The closing part of the thesis deals with blade geometry and grinding technology.
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Pattern-welded sword from the grave No. 715, Mikulčice, and its metallographic examination
Hošek, Jiří ; Košta, J.
The investigated sword comes from Mikulčice Stronghold, which was one of the main power centres of the Gr. Moravian Empire created in the first third of the 9th century and abolished by invasion of Avars into Carpathian basin at the beginning of the 10th century. The weapon was lifted from the grave No. 715, in which also a knife, an axe, and remnants of spurs were found besides the sword. It is supposed, on the base of badly preserved skeleton, that the interred man died in age of 40-60. The sword is due to its general sturdy construction, a two-piece pommel, and a short guard, obviously related to the early-Carolingian types and could be roughly dated to the first half of the 9th century. The sword ranks rather among display weapons, because its pattern-welded blade, which was presumably never destined for frequent combat, was only iron in preserved cutting-edges, and any previous effective improvement by steel and subsequent heat treatment cannot be evidenced in the cutting lines.
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Restaurování a konzervace laténského meče
Ottenwelter, Estelle
The primary aim of this paper is to demonstrate an example of restoration of a La Téne Period sword. The secondary aim is to highlight the importance of firstly studying the artefact to determine the fabrication technology and also to examine the corrosion products strtigraphy so as to localise the original surface before commencing restoration. Finally, the benefits of collaboration between specialists to reveal the maximum archaeological information are explained in this sword restoration treatment.
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Sword from a grave 723 in Mikulčice and its metallographical examination
Hošek, Jiří ; Košta, J.
The investigated sword was lifted from the grave No. 723 situated on the acropolis of the Early Medieval stronghold of Mikulčice near by Hodonín. The grave unit was discovered on a small graveyard by the stone foundations of civic palatial building. The sword, which belongs to the Petersen N type, can be dated into the course of last three quarters of the 9th century. The sword blade consists of piled steel core and steel (probably but-) welded-on cutting edges (also composed of two or three mutually welded rods). The blade has been most likely oil-quenched (bainitic structure with hardness of 373+/-40 HV0.3) in the lower part (near by tip), the upper part (near by hilt) remained unquenched and bears unreadable inscription formed of phosphoric iron (ca 1.3 % P). Nickel and arsenic (3.1 % Ni and 1.8 % As in maximum) were found in welds of the blade and copper (ca 4.4 %) in welds of the pommel base.
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