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Astronomy and astrology / Constellations / Cycles / Textiles / Bamberg, Cope of St Henry II (so-called 'Sternenmantel,' Regensburg, c1020) / Individual constellations / Auriga (Erichthonius)
Astronomy and astrology / Constellations / Cycles / Textiles / Bamberg, Cope of St Henry II (so-called 'Sternenmantel,' Regensburg, c1020) / Individual constellations / Delphinus or Piscis maior (or not a constellation at all)
Astronomy and astrology / Constellations / Cycles / Textiles / Bamberg, Cope of St Henry II (so-called 'Sternenmantel,' Regensburg, c1020) / Busts (unidentified)
Astronomy and astrology / Constellations / Northern hemisphere / Auriga / With goats / Holding a scourge or whip
Astronomy and astrology / Constellations / Northern hemisphere / Auriga / Related myths / Erichthonius (Hyginus II, 13, 1-2)
Astronomy and astrology / Constellations / Northern hemisphere / Delphinus
Astronomy and astrology / Constellations / Southern hemisphere / Piscis Magnus
Geography / The earth / Personifications / Oceanus alone

Further details

At least since the late medieval restauration, the image of the fish is labelled with 'Mare' only, O'Connor pointed out that it bears no great resemblance to conventional depictions of Delphinus, Cetus or Piscis maior, but it also does not resemble common personifications of Oceanus

Artist or creator

Regensburg

Date

1020 (circa)

Location

Bamberg, Domschatz

Notes on photograph

Bibliographic Citation

Elizabeth O'Connor, The Star Mantle of Henry II, PhD Columbia 1980, p. 83f., 141-144; Renate Baumgärtel-Fleischmann, Der Sternenmantel Kaiser Heinrichs II. und seine Inschriften, in: Epigraphik 1988, ed. Walter Koch, Wien 1990, 105-125

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