Günther Haseloff

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Günther Haseloff (born June 19, 1912 in Rome ; † September 8, 1990 ) was a German art historian , prehistorian and medieval archaeologist .

The son of the art historian Arthur Haseloff and brother of Elizabeth Haseloff studied after high school in Kiel , first at the local university , then in New York City , Berlin and Bonn . In 1936 he received his doctorate in Göttingen with a thesis on psalter illustrations of the 13th century in England , France and the Netherlands . In the same year he became an assistant at the Museum of Prehistoric Antiquities in Kiel, where he completed his habilitation on January 5, 1943 and was appointed lecturer in May 1944. His activities there resulted in publications on excavations at the Danewerk , on the Galgenberg of Itzehoe and the north gate of the Stellerburg .

In 1948 he became a regular associate professor at the University of Würzburg and in 1971 full professor of prehistory. From 1954 until his retirement in 1980 he was head of the Institute for Archeology and Prehistory, which was founded in 1946. Walter Janssen was his successor .

Haseloff's main area of ​​research was the early Middle Ages. His studies of animal ornamentation during the migration period , the Tassilo chalice and the history of enamel are fundamental .

Publications (selection)

  • The Tassilokelch (= Munich contributions to prehistory and early history. 1, ISSN  0580-1435 ). Beck, Munich 1951.
  • The Germanic animal ornamentation in the migration period. Studies on Salin's style I (= prehistoric research. 17). 3 parts. de Gruyter, Berlin et al. 1981, ISBN 3-11-004760-8 .
  • Email in the early Middle Ages. Early Christian art from late antiquity to the Carolingians (= Marburg studies on prehistory and early history. Special volume. 1). Hitzeroth, Marburg 1990, ISBN 3-89398-020-2 .

Individual evidence

  1. ^ History on the side of the chair

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personal data
SURNAME Haseloff, Günther
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German medieval archeologist and art historian
DATE OF BIRTH June 19, 1912
PLACE OF BIRTH Rome
DATE OF DEATH September 8, 1990