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Ofenkeramik und Kachelofen
Typologie, Terminologie und Rekonstruktion im deutschsprachigen Raum (CH, D, A, FL)
Stoves and their decorative tiles are of great importance for the study of late medieval and early modern living in central Europe. This publication examines the tiled stove as the “heating system of the Middle Ages” on one hand, and its component parts, the tiles, on the other. The study is based on a comprehensive system for classifying stove-tiles from German-speaking regions and presents descriptions and images of many different types of tiles from Switzerland, Germany, Austria and Lichtenstein including a glossary in 17 languages.
The book also outlines the current state of tiled-stove research in Switzerland and its neighbouring countries, discusses the way in which stove tiles were made and deals with the topic of “reconstruction”, a theme of great importance for cultural history. The value of pictorial sources and stove types is also discussed and the largest collection of stove models in Switzerland is presented. Numerous illustrations make this book appealing even to non-experts who have an interest in archaeology and cultural history, both in Switzerland and abroad.
Unlike pottery specialists, stove-tile researchers had not up to now established a supraregional system or set of guidelines for the study of stove tiles. This book has filled this gap for the German-speaking regions.
