The Prillwitz´ idols of Rhetra
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THE PRILLWITS IDOLS OF RHETRA. WOGEN, DANIEL. Die gottesdienstlichen Alterthümer der Obotriten, aus dem Tempel zu Rhetra, am Tollenzer-See. Nach den Originalien... in Kupferstichen nebst hrn. Andreas Gottlieb Maschens... Erläuterung derselben... Berlin (gedruckt bey Carl Friedrich Rellstab) no year (1711).
4:o (240x203 mm.). (40), (1)-151, (1 blank) pp. 1 engraved folding map, 52 partly folding engraved plates (all, some foxing).
Contemporary marbled paper boards, worn, blank spine, small damage at head. Lacks first endpaper. Title with mended hole in lower margin. Partly foxed. P. 103-104 torn in lower margin, last leaf cut in lower margin.
The Obotrites (Latin: Obotriti) or Obodrites, also spelled Abodrites (German: Abodriten), were a confederation of medieval West Slavic tribes within the territory of modern Mecklenburg and Holstein in northern Germany .
Prillwitz idols is a large number of bronze figurines and bronze relief plates allegedly found in late 17th century. The first publication about them, in 1768, further claimed that the figurines found by the village of Prillwitz (now part of Hohenzieritz) came from a pagan shrine in Rethra, a major town of Polabian Slavs, and Prillwitz is the location of Rethra.
While the story was questioned from the very beginning, many experts believed their authenticity, and disputes about them continued well into the 19th century. Finally, with the progress in research techniques in archaeology have led to the conclusion that the technique of some of the molds was from recent times, while others, while being apparently authentic, had no evidence of the connection with Slavic peoples.
Nowadays Slavic neopagans insist that further research may confirm their authenticity. (Wikipedia).
From the library of Swedish antiquarian bookdealer Björn Löwendahl (1941-2013).
Auktionsnummer:
6271
Datum:
2015-06-16