Scene de dans redate pe cahle descoperite la Curţi Domneşti din Ţara Românească (sf. sec. XIV - sec. XV)
Dance Scenes Rendered on Stove Tiles Discovered at the Royal Courts of Wallachia (end of the XIVth - XVth centuries)

Summary/Abstract: Archaeological research carried out in 1976 in the area of the Royal Court at Târgovişte, under the leadership of the late archaeologist N. Constantinescu, brought to light traces of a dwelling, dating to 1380-1390. The house was equipped with a stove decorated with disc tiles and perforated circular tiles, mounted on bitronconic pot stove tiles. The iconography of the openwork circular tiles shows, on some examples, an equestrian character, armed with a sword, and on other examples a folk dance scene. Archaeological research carried out in 1920-1922, at the Royal Court of Argeş, under the coordination of Virgiliu Drăghiceanu, brought to light, among other medieval vestiges, tiles used to decorate the stoves of royal palaces. Three fragments of unglazed tile-plate, dating to the XVth century, have as iconography a pair of dancers accompanied by a bagpiper. A cross is shown in the center of the composition, a Christian symbol, which suggests that the slow dance scene is taking place under the divine blessing, in connection with a wedding ceremony.

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