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

Abstract

dynasty and the Angevin coat of arms with the lilies in lozenge shields. This pattern is similar but not identical with the one found on the tapestry from the well. The Angevin Bible had been completed by the end of 1343 or the beginning of 1346. It is also possible that the picture was made after an existing piece. The rhomboid pattern probably goes back to the French royal court of the period, where the lily pattern or other endless series of patterns are frequently used as a background. It cannot be a mere chance that the throne carpet behind the king on the third double seal of King Charles Robert is very similar to the pattern of the tapestry found in the well. The seal was made by a goldsmith from Siena, Petrus Simoni Gallici in 1331 and it was used up to the death of the king in 1342. The pattern consists of the endless series of lozenge shields with the Hungarian barry coat of arms and the Angevin coat of arms with the lilies, and it covers the backboard of the throne on the front side of the seal. There are similar representations on the first and second double seals of King Louis the Great, on the royal seal of Queen Elisabeth jr., on the double seal of Queen Mary and behind the king on the royal seal of King Sigismund of 1390. All this seems to prove that in this period the background decoration divided into an endless sequence of lozenge shields decorated with coats of arms, representations reminding of textile, was common. It can be found on throne carpets, on seals, on sepulchres, grave curtains and perhaps in other cases as well. Further questions and suggestions. To sum it up, all that has been said draws us to the conclusion that the tapestry decorated with coats of arms found in the well may have been made perhaps in the first half or the first third of the 14th century. It coincides with the fact that in the seal of King Charles Robert made by an Italian goldsmith in 1331 there is a HungarianAngevin coat of arms in a lozenge shield. Perhaps, the future analysis of the role of the lambel can lead us further in identifying the maker and the purpose of the tapestry. The use of the three point-