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Further details
Cancer is the only constellation with a surviving 11th-century inscription, all other inscriptions were made in the 15th century, re-using the 11th-century letters
Artist or creator
Date
1020 (circa)
Location
Notes on photograph
Bibliographic Citation
Elizabeth O'Connor, The Star Mantle of Henry II, PhD Columbia 1980, p. 81f.; 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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