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Kruta, Venceslas, “Les bronzes de Castiglione delle Stiviere : carnyx ou effigie d’un échassier ?”, Études Celtiques 39 (2013): 41–60.
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“Les bronzes de Castiglione delle Stiviere : carnyx ou effigie d’un échassier ?”
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Études Celtiques 39 (2013)
Études Celtiques 39 (2013).
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39
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41–60
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[FR] La tombe de Castiglione delle Stiviere (Lombardie), découverte vers 1914 et datable vers le deuxième tiers du IIIe siècle av. J.-C., contenait un lot de pièces plus ou moins fragmentaires en tôle de bronze, portant presque toutes un décor au repoussé. Elles furent classées très tôt parmi les oeuvres représentatives de l’art celtique d’Italie. La tentative de R. De Marinis d’attribuer une partie de ces fragments à un carnyx, la trompette de guerre celtique et les autres à une effigie d’oiseau – enseigne ou casque – a été accueillie par une partie de la communauté scientifique, mais a soulevé également des objections et des propositions alternatives. L’auteur présente une nouvelle tentative d’intégrer tous les fragments conservés dans l’effigie d’un échassier, où la tôle aurait été peut-être associée à du bois ou une autre matière organique. Sa taille, estimée à environ un mètre, suggère la fonction de statue cultuelle. Le choix a porté sur la grue, non seulement parce que sa silhouette permet une mise en place optimale des fragments mais également pour sa signification dans la mythologie celtique, illustrée aussi bien par l’iconographie que par les textes.
[EN] The bronze sheets of Castiglione delle Stiviere : a carnyx or an effigy of a wading bird ?
The grave of Castiglione delle Stiviere (Lombardy-Italy), discovered around 1914 and dated around the second third of the IIIrd century B. C., contained several fragments of bronze sheets, almost all having embossed ornaments. They were identified very early as being representative of Italian Celtic art. The attempt of R. De Marinis to attribute part of these fragments to a carnyx, the Celtic war trumpet, and the rest to the image of a bird – ensign or helmet – was accepted by part of the scientific community, but also raised objections and alternative proposals. The author proposes that all the preserved fragments belong to the effigy of a wading bird, in which the sheet bronzes might have been associated with wood or another organic material. Its size, which is estimated to approximately one meter, suggests a cultual function. The statue probably represents a crane, not only because its shape allows an optimal placement of the fragments, but also because of its meaning in the Celtic mythology, as illustrated in iconography and in texts.
[EN] The bronze sheets of Castiglione delle Stiviere : a carnyx or an effigy of a wading bird ?
The grave of Castiglione delle Stiviere (Lombardy-Italy), discovered around 1914 and dated around the second third of the IIIrd century B. C., contained several fragments of bronze sheets, almost all having embossed ornaments. They were identified very early as being representative of Italian Celtic art. The attempt of R. De Marinis to attribute part of these fragments to a carnyx, the Celtic war trumpet, and the rest to the image of a bird – ensign or helmet – was accepted by part of the scientific community, but also raised objections and alternative proposals. The author proposes that all the preserved fragments belong to the effigy of a wading bird, in which the sheet bronzes might have been associated with wood or another organic material. Its size, which is estimated to approximately one meter, suggests a cultual function. The statue probably represents a crane, not only because its shape allows an optimal placement of the fragments, but also because of its meaning in the Celtic mythology, as illustrated in iconography and in texts.
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