Hedwig's cup
A group of medieval glass vessels is called Hedwig's cup or Hedwig's glass. Presumably they were made in Syria or Egypt in the 10th or early 11th century.
Copies
One copy can be found in the art collections of Veste Coburg on Veste Coburg in Upper Franconia. It is 10.3 cm high and consists of colorless, slightly rauchtopasstichigem glass , which in the engraving technique of high section was decorated. The glass probably comes from the possession of Elisabeth von Thuringia . It was found in the Wittenberg Heiltumschatz around 1507 and was therefore in the possession of Elector Friedrich the Wise . There is evidence that Martin Luther owned the glass in 1541 . In 1910 it was rediscovered on the Veste Coburg. Today it is one of Bavaria's 100 home treasures .
Another example is in the possession of the British Museum (inventory number 1959,0414.1). This piece was presented from 2010 onwards as part of the radio project A History of the World in 100 Objects , the resulting book and the accompanying traveling exhibition.
Web links
- https://www.bavarikon.de/object/bav:BSB-CMS-0000000000001251
- Gloria Ehret: Stylistics: Syrian Glass Art of the Middle Ages on weltkunst.de
literature
- Rosemarie Lierke: The Hedwig cups . The Norman-Sicilian legacy of the Hohenstaufen emperors. With a contribution by Rudolf Distelberger. Verlag Franz Philipp Rutzen, Mainz 2005, ISBN 3-938646-04-7 (Reviews: KunstbuchAnzeiger.de , Journal für Kunstgeschichte ).
Individual evidence
- ↑ http://www.wandern-und-geschichte.de/hilpoltstein/hedwigsbecher.htm
- ↑ https://veste.kunstsammlungen-coburg.de/veste-coburg/luther-staette-veste-coburg/
- ↑ https://www.infranken.de/regional/coburg/das-coburger-hedwigsglas-gehoert-zu-den-100-heimatschaetzen-bayerns;art214,3557146
- ↑ http://www.stmfh.bayern.de/imperia/md/content/stmf/100_heimatschaetze.pdf
- ↑ Entry on Hedwigsbecher BM 1959,0414.1 on the website of the British Museum , accessed on January 20, 2020.