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ARCHITECTURE

Germany / Donauwörth / Cassianeum (former monastic buildings of Heilig Kreuz) / Gallussaal / Ceiling - Part 2: Rigavit: Benefactions of Emperor Maximilian I

GODS AND MYTHS

Amor / Allegories / Amor caelestis and Amor Divinus / Single images

PORTRAITS

Rulers / Modern / Holy Roman Empire / Holy Roman Emperors / Maximilian I (1493-1519)

RELIGIOUS ICONOGRAPHY

Images of Christ / Instruments of the Passion - individual / Crown of Thorns - relics / Donauwörth
The Cross / Particles of the True Cross / Donauwörth (Swabia)
Saints / Apostles / Paul / Epistles of Paul / Ad Corinthios I / 1 Cor. 3:6: Ego plantavi, Apollo rigavit, sed Deus incrementum dedit (I have planted, Apollo watered, but God gave the increase)
Ecclesiastical objects / Relics and Reliquiaries / Miscellaneous
The Church / Church History / History of Individual Dioceses, Orders and Monasteries / Monasteries / Donauwörth, Heilig Kreuz (OSB) / Cycles / Donauwörth, Cassianeum, Gallussaal (Johann Baptist Enderle, 1780)
The Church / Church History / History of Individual Dioceses, Orders and Monasteries / Monasteries / Donauwörth, Heilig Kreuz (OSB) / Emperor Maximilian I renews the monastery's privileges and donates a relic of the Crown of Thorns as well as a monstrance for the particle of the True Cross

SECULAR ICONOGRAPHY

Allegories and personifications A-Z / Religion (Religio)

Further details

Emperor Maximilian as benefactor of Heilig Kreuz Abbey, his donations are presented by personification: the relic of the Crown of Thorns perhaps by Religio, the large monastrance by a woman with a book and a censer, and the small frame by a woman with a heart on her chest, perhaps Divine Love

Artist or creator

Enderle, Johann Baptist (1725-1798)

Date

1780

Location

Donauwörth, Cassianeum

Associated persons

Ian Jones (Photographer (digital))

Rights and Permissions

This material is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial 3.0 Unported License

Acknowledgements

Record created with the generous support of the Dean’s Development Fund, School of Advanced Study’

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