B. Nyékhelyi Dorottya: Középkori kútlelet a budavári Szent György téren (Monumenta Historica Budapestinensia 12. kötet Budapest, 2003)

Abstract

Sigismund preserved in better or worse condition. However, from chronological point of view, the most significant find is the collection of those 41 coins that was made up of the deniers of King Sigismund used between 1390 and 1427 (CNHII. 121, H 576, MÉH 449.) The main part of the well-preserved organic finds of the well are leather objects. They were mainly shoes. The over twenty pieces that could be put together and the other fragments are important both for the history of vestment and for archaeology. There were shoes for grown-ups and for children too. The pieces for the left or for the right foot could be distinguished too. All of them had been worn down and shabby. Ankle boots and low shoes were found among the shoes too. The upper part of the previous type was often made from two pieces with an inlay on the ankle piece. Buttonholes were cuts made on the ankle piece. The buttons were mainly knots made of leather lace, but there were some shoes with metal buckle or with a leather stripe too. The wet muddy layer of the well was able to preserve numerous organic material - among which there was much wood as well. Branches, twigs, semi-finished boards probably used at constructions, laths, slats, splinters a great number of household chores, like plates, a bowl, a comb, spoons, barrel staves and other objects were found that could have been, intentionally thrown or accidentally fallen into the well. There were wooden items of tableware and other everyday vessels among them. A casket covered in leather, mounted in metal, lined with silk, made of larch-wood has to be mentioned as unique, that has not been found in any Hungarian wells yet, and due to its material and the delicacy of its fabrication it can be linked up with the textile finds of the well. Another unique find is a ball with a round dint made of oak. The comb broken into halves made of boxwood is unique because of its material. Box-trees are originally not domestic plants of the Carpathian Basin but of the Mediterranean. Spoons of various type and shape were also found. Among the plates there is a unique one made of oak. It had been severely damaged, burnt from inside and on the bottom there is a hexagram - thus it may be a useful source for defining the circle of the owners. Though they do not strictly belong to the wooden