"Shrine of Charlemagne, Aachen Cathedral, c.1215" Topic
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| Druzhina | 21 Dec 2015 5:06 a.m. PST |
Here are black and white images of the 8 scenes on the roof of the Karlsschrein, Shrine of Charlemagne, Aachen Cathedral, c.1215
I have a coloured image of one, the Conquest of Pamplona on the Charlemagne Reliquary, in Aachen Cathedral, ca. 1215
Does anyone have better images?
This knight of c.1205 in Armies of Feudal Europe 1066-1300 by Ian Heath, is based on the Conquest of Pamplona on the Charlemagne Reliquary
In this, (b) is based on The Cardena Beatus Codex, Spain, 12th century, Archaeological Museum, Madrid
(d) is based on Knights on Wall paintings from All Saints Church, Claverley, Shropshire, England
Any ideas what (c) and (e) are based on? Druzhina
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GamesPoet  | 21 Dec 2015 5:49 a.m. PST |
Good to see these, and enjoyed seeing this via one of the links at the site … link |
| GurKhan | 21 Dec 2015 6:02 a.m. PST |
I think (c) is from the Hortus Deliciarum MS – link second picture, the knight with couched lance has a mask just visible behind his shield. link has a colour version about halfway down. (The first link says it's French but link says Strasbourg, which explains how it gets both French and German attributions). |
| Great War Ace | 21 Dec 2015 8:10 a.m. PST |
Fascinating. Too bad embossing wasn't the main art form of the middle ages. We'd have a lot more examples of clear details…. |
Puster  | 21 Dec 2015 9:02 a.m. PST |
The first link says it's French but link says Strasbourg, which explains how it gets both French and German attributions. I assume the country-tags mean just the current nationality of the location, otherwise a lot of their stuff would need cultural delabeling. BTW: The english translation of Druzhinas first link need an overhaul pretty bad. Are these yours, Druzhina? If so I can probably help out a bit. |
| Druzhina | 21 Dec 2015 10:06 p.m. PST |
I have an image of the Hortus Deliciarum with face-guard helmet (the manuscript was destroyed in the Franco-Prussian War). Much of the face-guard is not visible, but it is a good possibility. If there is a variant drawing of the Tomb of Count William of Flanders, from the Church of Saint Bertin, Saint Omer, Flanders, c.1130-75 (also lost) it may be another possibility. I was interested to see the reproduction of a helmet with face-guard (with dagged edge) based on the Font, Lyngsjo Church, Scania, southern Sweden The english translation of Druzhinas first link need an overhaul pretty bad. Are these yours, Druzhina? If so I can probably help out a bit. Yes, using Google translate. Please suggest something better. Druzhina
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