Dagobert throne
The Dagobert Throne is made of bronze -made early medieval Faldistolium , thus a folding throne , originally 800-850 well in the Cologne - Aachen - emerged Liege and after the Merovingian king I. Scrooge is named. The throne is now in the Cabinet des Médailles of the Bibliothèque nationale de France in Paris and is kept there under the inventory number 55.651. It is to be regarded as one of the most important art objects in France.
The Faldistolium, designed as a traveling throne , consists of several segments that are gradually manufactured. The actual seat, made under Lombard influence, including protomes in the shape of big cats, is the oldest component; the latter have a clear reference to the legendary throne of Solomon . Still visible traces of gold also indicate that the throne seat must originally have been gold-plated.
literature
- Percy Ernst Schramm : The Thrones and Bishop's Seats of the Early Middle Ages. In: Rulership and State Symbolism. Contributions to its history from the third to the sixteenth centuries. Volume 1, Hiersemann, Stuttgart 1954, pp. 316-335.
- Nicole Sommerfeld: Dagobert throne (copy). In: Frank Pohle (ed.): Charlemagne - Charlemagne. Places of power. Catalog. Catalog of the special exhibition Places of Power from June 20 to September 21, 2014 in the Coronation Hall of Aachen City Hall. Sandstein, Dresden 2014, ISBN 978-3-95498-091-8 , p. 69 (with further literature).
Web links
- Entry on the website of the Bibliothèque nationale de France (French)
- Entry in the World Digital Library (English)