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The Holy Roman Empire and the Habsburgs, 1400–1600 | Thematic Essay | Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History | The Metropolitan Museum of Art Cranach The Elder, Saint Maurice, Lucas Cranach, Hans Holbein, German Heritage, Holy Roman Empire, 22 September, Hieronymus Bosch, Blackest Knight

From the time of Otto’s coronation until the official dissolution of the empire in 1806, the imperial title was held almost exclusively by German monarchs and, for nearly four centuries, by members of a single family.

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St. Maurice and the Theban Legion (Feast Day - September 22) Towards the end of the third century (c. 285), the Roman Emperor Maximian Herculius summoned a select legion from Thebes (in Upper Egypt) to go to Switzerland to strengthen his western front by defeating a revolt by the bagaudae. The legion was composed of Christian warriors whose ardor in battle was matched by an equally ardent faith. The Theban Legion was dispatched with orders to clear the Great St. Bernard Pass in Switzerland…

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Saint Maurice: Hallesches Heiltumsbuch (Halle Relic Book). Folio 227v of the manuscript (watercolour on vellum) depicts the reliquary of St Maurice. The life-size silver reliquary statue was the most important that Albrecht owned. Its designer remains unknown. This work was the prototype of later paintings by Lucas Cranach the Elder and his workshop. The manuscript was illuminated probably by a pupil of Cranach, perhaps by Simon Franck (active 1525-1549, known also as Simon von Aschaffenburg, or Saint Maurice, Lucas Cranach, Black Eagle, Web Gallery, Early Middle Ages, European Paintings, Medieval Art, Contemporary Artwork, North Africa

Saint Maurice: Hallesches Heiltumsbuch (Halle Relic Book). Folio 227v of the manuscript (watercolour on vellum) depicts the reliquary of St Maurice. The life-size silver reliquary statue was the most important that Albrecht owned. Its designer remains unknown. This work was the prototype of later paintings by Lucas Cranach the Elder and his workshop. The manuscript was illuminated probably by a pupil of Cranach, perhaps by Simon Franck (active 1525-1549, known also as Simon von…

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