Heilsberger inscription plaque

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Heilsberg inscription board, fastened with metal anchors (current location)
Redrawing of the inscription by Joseph von Hammer-Purgstall, 1818

The Heilsberger inscription panel is an inscription that was originally on the Church of St. Bonifatius in Heilsberg .

description

The panel of sandstone is 90 cm wide, 74.5 cm high and 20 cm thick.

The ten-line main text is written in a German language level, the frame transcription in Latin . The letters are mostly Latin , but some are probably also Greek . There are highly stylized decorative forms - apparently often different for the same letter - and ligatures . Together with the advanced state of weathering since the older publications, this makes deciphering almost impossible. The identification of the signs that are still present, and especially the addition of the damaged and lost ones, depends on an anticipated meaning. The mention of a Lodevic in the main text and a Lottar in the framing is undisputed.

Locations and storage locations

Originally the plaque was built into a pillar on the outer wall of the St. Bonifatius Church in Heilsberg . It was in 1816 on behalf of the Grand Duke Carl August of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach (1757-1828) by Weimar transferred to the Palatine Library. It was initially set up “in the front of the library”. After extensive renovation work on the building, the stone tablet has been in the basement of the historic building in the Duchess Anna Amalia Library since 2007 and is accessible to the public after registration.

History of interpretation

Deciphering attempts by Joseph von Hammer-Purgstall (1818) and Andreas Kretzschmer (1827)

A reference to the inscription can be found in a work by the historian Johann Schilter as early as 1696 . He saw this as a possible reference to the division of the Frankish Empire (see Ordinatio imperii ) by Ludwig the Pious (d. 840).

In 1816, Christian August Vulpius , in the “Curiosities of the physical-literary-artistic-historical past and present” published by him, asked to deal with the interpretation of the inscription. The Viennese linguist Joseph von Hammer-Purgstall also dates the inscription to the 9th century, but sees it as a deed of foundation. In his opinion, the marginal inscription is much more recent. He interprets it as an indication that the stone was later used as a tombstone for Emperor Lothar III. (died 1137) could have served.

The painter Carl (also Karl Wilhelm) Lieber made sketches in Heilsberg in April 1819 in order to draw the surroundings and the place of discovery.

The Frankfurt professor Georg Friedrich Grotefend also dealt with the blackboard and was in close contact with Johann Wolfgang von Goethe . He published his research results in 1828. Unlike J. v. Hammer concluded that the inner and outer inscriptions were created at the same time. He dated both to the 14th century. In his opinion, the plaque refers to the days of judgment that used to be held in Heilsberg. It reminds of the elevation of Ludwig I to Thuringian Landgrave by the later Emperor Lothar III.

The Klassik Stiftung Weimar has published the digitized works on the "Inscription Tablet from Heilsberg" in its digital collections. The Duchess Anna Amalia Library has created a bibliography .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Photographs of the panel from 2018 and 1993. Retrieved October 25, 2019 .
  2. ↑ See Hammer-Purgstall p. 1ff.
  3. ^ Walther Bankwitz: Schwarzburgbote . 26/1929 and 1/1939. Mitzlaff, ZDB -ID 1448344-0 , the "Heilsberger Inscription".
  4. ↑ Sylke Kaufmann, Dieter Kaufmann: Goethe, the Thuringian-Saxon Association and the development of antiquity in the decades after 1800. In: Contributions to the prehistory and early history of Central Europe . tape 27 . Beier and Beran, Langenweißbach 2001, ISBN 3-930036-51-7 , pp. 252-254 .
  5. ↑ Johann Schilter: to Epinikion Rhythmo Teutonico Ludovico Regi acclamatum, Cum Nortmannos. DCCCLXXXIII. vicisset . Dulsseckerus, Strasbourg 1696 ( digital copy from HAAB Weimar ).
  6. ^ Jean Mabillon, Johann Schilter: Epinikion Rhythmo Teutonico Ludovico Regi acclamatum, Cum Nortmannos an. DCCCLXXXIII. vicisset . Dulsseckerus, Strasbourg 1696, urn : nbn: de: gbv: 32-1-10028920919 .
  7. ↑ Christian August Vulpius (Ed.): Curiosities of the physical-literary-artistic-historical past and present: for pleasant entertainment for educated readers . tape 5 , no. 6 . Verlag des Landes-Industrie-Comptoirs, 1816, ZDB -ID 748402-1 ( digitized version from ThULB Jena ).
  8. ^ Joseph von Hammer-Purgstall: The inscription from Heilsberg . Frommann and Weselhöft, Weimar / Jena 1818 ( digital copy from HAAB Weimar ).
  9. ↑ Sylke Kaufmann, Dieter Kaufmann: Goethe, the Thuringian-Saxon Association and the development of antiquity in the decades after 1800. In: Contributions to the prehistory and early history of Central Europe . tape 27 . Beier and Beran, Langenweißbach 2001, ISBN 3-930036-51-7 , pp. 253 / footnote 1142 .
  10. ↑ Georg Friedrich Grotefend: General Encyclopedia of Sciences and Arts: with coppers and charts / in alph. Series of authors mentioned. and ed. by JS Versch and JG Gruber Sect. 2: H - N / ed. by G. Hassel and W. Müller . Ed .: JS Verlag and JG Gruber. Section 2 / Part 4. Gleditsch, Leipzig 1828, p. 170–174 ( digitized version from SUB Goettingen ).
  11. ↑ Digital collection: inscription panel from Heilsberg. Retrieved October 25, 2019 .
  12. ^ Bibliography on the "Inscription panel from Heilsberg". Accessed December 1, 2019 .