Miklós Kásler - Zoltán Szentirmay (szerk.): Identifying the Árpád Dynasty Skeletons Interred in the Matthias Church. Applying data from historical, archaeological, anthropological, radiological, morphological, radiocarbon dating and genetic research (Budapest, 2021)
CHAPTER FOUR – Palaeopathological investigations
The laryngeal cartilage is ossified, but in regular shape, intact. Arthrosis in both sternoclavicular joints. A 1-2 millimetre bone deposit (spondylosis) on the edge of the thoracic and lumbar vertebrae’s body. The small joints are intact. Spina bifida sacralis on the surface of segment V. Bilateral coxarthrosis, medium severity. The femoral neck is in a steep position, the left angle is 140 degrees, the right angle is 145 degrees. Enthesopathic bone deposition at the adhesion of the Achilles tendon on both calcaneus. Skeleton 1/4 H6: Sutura metopica on the frontals. The upper left 7th and 4th, as well as the upper right 1st, the lower left 8th and the lower right 6th and 8th teeth are post-mortally missing. The teeth are intact, no reasonable amount of scrapings can be collected due to the tartar build-up being insignificant. The clivus (base of the skull) is flat, only 40 degrees (the normal value is around 60 degrees). Severe arthrosis on both condylus occipitalis, as well as on the jointifying atlas vertebras joint surface, the epistropheus processus dentatusa is deformed (arthrosis). Sacroileitis ostechondritis ossis pubis. Spina bifida sacralis in segment V. The right femoral neck degree is 120, the left is 125. Pronounced spondylosis on vertebrae C I-V. The ligamentum longitudinale anterius ossified on the area of vertebrae X-LT, the width of the ossification (spread) increases toward the distal. The vertebral bodies are attached to each other, but the small joints in between the vertebrae are free, the discs in between the vertebrae are not calcified (Forestiers disease, Figure 18). 96
