Publication of a set of 96 earthenware tiles from the end of the 14th century discovered in a house in Cressier during investigations carried out by the Service for the Protection of Monuments and Sites of the canton of Neuchatel. They decorated a stove, of which the author proposes a reconstruction. Their analysis allows us to draw a certain number of conclusions regarding their method of manufacture and their iconography. If animals inspired by medieval bestiaries occupy an important place, the motif of the shepherdess could be identified from an illustration in the Codex Manesse (Heidelberg, Universitatsbibliothek, MS pal. germ. 848). The tiles were most probably imported from German-speaking Switzerland.

Language: French

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