Dillinger Hammer
The ceremonial hammer with which Pope Julius III is called the Dillinger Hammer . struck at the Holy Door of St. Peter's Basilica in Rome to usher in the Holy Year celebrated in 1550 . Julius gave the precious hammer to the cardinal and Augsburg prince-bishop Otto Truchsess von Waldburg , who gave it to the university he founded in Dillingen an der Donau in today's Bavarian administrative district of Swabia . The hammer made in 1549/50 is very well preserved and is kept in the Bavarian National Museum in Munich .
history
The tradition of opening the Holy Year with three hammer blows on the Holy Door of St. Peter's Basilica in Rome goes back to Pope Alexander VI. back. He used a golden hammer for the first time at Christmas 1499 and thus ushered in the Holy Year, which was celebrated in 1500. For the opening of the Holy Year of 1550, Pope Julius III. a silver pageant hammer, which came into the possession of the former University of Dillingen as a gift to Cardinal Otto von Waldburg. In addition to the three pine cones and the three lions that were part of the cardinal's family coat of arms, the Dillinger Hammer became part of the coat of arms of the Dillinger University .
description
The head of the hammer is richly decorated with ornaments. A winged putti head is emblazoned at the transition between head and handle . The stem is provided with the papal coat of arms. Below, in a frame, the inscription is engraved: IULIUS III PONT MAX IOBILAEUM VIII CONDIDIT FELICITER (Julius III happily opened the eighth year of jubilee).
literature
- The university coat of arms In: Joseph Haut: History of the k. Study institute Dilingen in the first hundred years, from its inception to westphäl. Peace, 1548–1648, based on the sources . Dilingen 1854, p. 19.
Web links
- Ceremonial hammer Pope Julius III. for the opening of the Holy Door . Bavarian National Museum , Munich
Individual evidence
- ↑ Coat of arms of the University of Dillingen ( Memento of the original from July 14, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . In: Joseph Haut: History of the k. Study institute Dilingen in the first hundred years, from its inception to westphäl. Peace, 1548–1648, based on the sources . Dilingen 1854, p. 118
