Iconography

ARCHITECTURE

Germany / Baumburg / St. Margaretha / Choir - Vault

MAGIC AND SCIENCE

Geography / Topography / Countries A-Z / Holy Roman Empire / Altenmarkt
Geography / Topography / Countries A-Z / Holy Roman Empire / Baumburg
Geography / Topography / Countries A-Z / Holy Roman Empire / Berchtesgaden / Canonry of SS Peter and James

PORTRAITS

Aristocrats / Holy Roman Empire / Counts / Marquartstein / Marquard von Marquartstein (late 11th - early 12th century)
Aristocrats / Holy Roman Empire / Counts / Megling / Adelheid von Megling (died probably 1104-1105)
Aristocrats / Holy Roman Empire / Counts / Passau / Ulrich von Passau (died 1099)
Aristocrats / Holy Roman Empire / Counts / Sulzbach / Berengar I. (died 1125)
Clerics / Provosts and Canons / Baumburg (Can. Reg.) / Joachim Fischer (1696-1761, Provost 1748)
Persons linked to Institutions / Baumburg Canonry (Bavaria) / Choir vault - Founders (Adelheid of Megling and her three husbands)

RELIGIOUS ICONOGRAPHY

Saints / Saints A - Z / Margaret of Antioch / In glory
Saints / Saints A - Z / Margaret of Antioch / Attributes / Pearl (pun on name)
The Church / Church History / History of Individual Dioceses, Orders and Monasteries / Monasteries / Baumburg (Can. Reg.) / Murder of Count Marquard of Marquartstein, who asked his wife Adelheid to found a monastery
The Church / Church History / History of Individual Dioceses, Orders and Monasteries / Monasteries / Baumburg (Can. Reg.) / Adelheid of Megling remains unburied because the foundation of Baumburg canonry is delayed
The Church / Church History / History of Individual Dioceses, Orders and Monasteries / Monasteries / Baumburg (Can. Reg.) / Adelheid of Megling is buried after the foundation of Baumburg canonry

SECULAR ICONOGRAPHY

Coats-of-Arms / Holy Roman Empire / Princes and Cities / Bavaria (Duchy, later Electorate) / Paly-Bendy quartered with Lion
Coats-of-Arms / Holy Roman Empire / Lower Nobility and Patricians / Marquartstein (SE Bavaria, Counts)
Coats-of-Arms / Holy Roman Empire / Lower Nobility and Patricians / Megling (Bavaria, Counts)
Coats-of-Arms / Holy Roman Empire / Lower Nobility and Patricians / Passau (Bavaria, Count - Burggraf)
Coats-of-Arms / Holy Roman Empire / Lower Nobility and Patricians / Sulzbach (NE Bavaria, Counts)
Death / Funerals and accompanying rituals / Funerary processions

Further details

Artist or creator

Scheffler, Felix Anton (1701-1760)

Date

1756

Location

Baumburg, St. Margaretha

Associated persons

Berthold Kress (Photographer (digital))

Notes on photograph

Bibliographic Citation

Corpus der barocken Deckenmalerei in Deutschland, vol. 11, Munich 2005, pp. 36-40, no. C

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Contact

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