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Die Beinsättel des 13. bis 17. Jahrhunderts
Reitzeuge als Sinnbilder ritterlich-höfischer Ideale
Saddles and saddle fragments from the 13th to 17th centuries are kept in museums all over the world and fascinate with their magnificent surface-covering bone work. They seem unsuitable as riding seats due to their detailed decoration, but for which purpose were they made? Based on comprehensive object studies and contemporary textual and visual sources, Maria Schröder determines the original meaning and function of the bone saddles. The roman courtois in particular is a key source here. The bone saddles prove to be a medium of representation for the aristocratic and later also the bourgeois elite. The study is of outstanding interest for ivory research, early material culture and material semantics.
