Published: 2025-12-30

Medieval bells in Lower Silesia in Hans Lutsch’s inventory of monuments. The state of knowledge and postulates of the research

Marceli Tureczek
The Quarterly of the History of Material Culture
Section: Research methods
DOI https://doi.org/10.23858/KHKM73.2025.4.008

Abstract

Hans Lutsch’s inventory of monuments of Silesia, compiled at the turn of the 20th century, remains the most comprehensive compilation of bells in the area, though more than hundred years have passed since its publication. This work, however, in spite of
its merits, remains far outdated — both in view of the tremendous war losses in the first half of the 20th century and its methodological foundations. Therefore, there is a need to carry out an inventory of these artefacts, basing on modern and interdisciplinary methods used in campanological research. The aim of the article is to address the
problems arising from the study of bells in the Lutsch catalogue, and to refer to contemporary conservation documentation. The article’s thesis draws attention to the poor state of research on the oldest bells in Lower Silesia.

Keywords:

Hans Lutsch, Lower Silesia, bells, inscriptions, field studies, campanology

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Tureczek, M. (2025). Medieval bells in Lower Silesia in Hans Lutsch’s inventory of monuments. The state of knowledge and postulates of the research. The Quarterly of the History of Material Culture, 73(4), 617–634. https://doi.org/10.23858/KHKM73.2025.4.008

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