Pitten Corvinus beaker
The Pitten Corvinus cup is a splendid cup that is owned by the municipality of Pitten in Lower Austria.
When in 1482, on the occasion of a four-year siege of Pitten Castle, the supplies ran out, legend has it that the defender of the castle, Wolfgang Teufel, the keeper of Pitten , sent the besiegers, the Hungarian king Matthias Corvinus , his last meal, a roasted rabbit, bread and wine to show that his storage cellar was still full, whereupon Corvinus initially broke off the siege and only destroyed the castle after he had figured out this ruse. As recognition, Wolfgang von Pitten received a splendid cup from Corvinus, which was used to distinguish it from Wr. Neustädter Corvinusbecher is called today as Kleiner Corvinusbecher or Pittener Corvinusbecher .
It is a gold-plated cup made of silver and shaped like an acorn. The mug was not rediscovered until 1968, but its history was already known in the 19th century via a lithograph. Stylistically, the cup with acorn leaves and a removable lid corresponds to the naturalistic tendencies of the late Gothic period; Several vessels in the shape of flowers and plants have survived from this period. The cover is adorned with the coat of arms of Wolfgang von Pitten and the inscription "WOLF TEVFEL HAVPTMAN ZV PITTEN 1485". As an inscription, the corpus shows the event that led to the gift of the cup, but the engraving probably dates from the 16th or 17th century.
In the course of the Lower Austrian State Exhibition 2019 and on the occasion of the celebrations in Pitten for the 1150th anniversary, the Pitten Corvinus beaker will also be presented in a historical setting. [outdated]
Individual evidence
- ^ Castle - The "Veste Pitten" on pitten.gv.at
- ↑ Pitten - Corvinus mug on gedaechtnisdeslandes.at
- ↑ Pitten celebrates 1150 years on mein district.at
