St. Peter leads king Henry (Heinrich) II and St. Paul leads queen Cunigunde to Christ in majesty, who crowns the two persons.
Upper register:
St. Peter leads king Henry (Heinrich) II and St. Paul leads queen Cunigunde to Christ in majesty, who crowns the two persons.
Lower register: Obeisance or homage - The central female person is considered to be a personification of Roma (or Italia), the women flanking her as personifications of Gallia and Germania, the six female half-figures as personifications of the six duchies of Bavaria (at around 1014 CE).
Above the image the Latin inscription reads as follows:
Tractando iustum discernite semper honestum //
Utile conveniat consultum legis ut optat.
(Handelt gerecht und entscheidet Euch immer für das Ehrenvolle. // Es möge Nutzen bringen, wie der Rat des Gesetzes es verlangt.)
(Strecker, MGH, Poetae latini 5; Seite 434)
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Below the image the Latin inscription reads as follows:
Solvimus ecce tibi , rex , censum iure perenni //
Clemens esto tuis , nos reddimus ista quotannis .
(Siehe König, wir haben Dir nach ewigem Recht den Zins gezahlt, // sei den Deinen gegenüber milde, wir geben es jährlich zurück.)
München BSB Clm 4452 fol-2r Perikopenbuch Heinrichs II
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St. Peter leads king Henry (Heinrich) II and St. Paul leads queen Cunigunde to Christ in majesty, who crowns the two persons.
Upper register:
St. Peter leads king Henry (Heinrich) II and St. Paul leads queen Cunigunde to Christ in majesty, who crowns the two persons.
Lower register: Obeisance or homage - The central female person is considered to be a personification of Roma (or Italia), the women flanking her as personifications of Gallia and Germania, the six female half-figures as personifications of the six duchies of Bavaria (at around 1014 CE).
Above the image the Latin inscription reads as follows:
Tractando iustum discernite semper honestum //
Utile conveniat consultum legis ut optat.
(Handelt gerecht und entscheidet Euch immer für das Ehrenvolle. // Es möge Nutzen bringen, wie der Rat des Gesetzes es verlangt.)
(Strecker, MGH, Poetae latini 5; Seite 434)
www.dmgh.de/de/fs2/object/display/bsb00000836_00440.html?...
Below the image the Latin inscription reads as follows:
Solvimus ecce tibi , rex , censum iure perenni //
Clemens esto tuis , nos reddimus ista quotannis .
(Siehe König, wir haben Dir nach ewigem Recht den Zins gezahlt, // sei den Deinen gegenüber milde, wir geben es jährlich zurück.)
München BSB Clm 4452 fol-2r Perikopenbuch Heinrichs II
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