Valorization of the Inscriptions on the Ethnographic Artefacts Using Archival Sources. Case of the Painted Furniture of Rimetea (Alba County) Cover Image
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Valorizarea conținutului inscripțiilor de pe artefactele etnografice cu ajutorul surselor arhivistice. Cazul mobilierului pictat din Rimetea (jud. Alba)
Valorization of the Inscriptions on the Ethnographic Artefacts Using Archival Sources. Case of the Painted Furniture of Rimetea (Alba County)

Author(s): Tekla Tötszegi
Subject(s): Anthropology, Social Sciences, Customs / Folklore, Cultural Anthropology / Ethnology, Culture and social structure
Published by: MUZEUL ETNOGRAFIC AL TRANSILVANIEI
Keywords: daily writing; engraving; painted furniture; written sources; Rimetea;

Summary/Abstract: The paper presents the partial results of the research with the topic The Metamorphosis of Writing between the 19th and 21st centuries. Roles, Contexts, Formsand Significances of Writing in the Transylvanian Society. Being part of the series of researches regarding the written private texts and the use of the official texts in the private life, this project aims to extend the research to some new empiric sources by use of the museum collections.During the research the information extracted from the inscriptions of the furniture items from Rimetea, Alba County related to the personal information extracted from various historical sources (church records, census) in order to establish the chronology of the items and to identify the occasions they were purchased.

  • Issue Year: 2012
  • Issue No: 6
  • Page Range: 34-45
  • Page Count: 12
  • Language: Romanian