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Despite a long research history, scholars continue to disagree about such central questions as when and where the crown was made.
These aspects are therefore at the centre of this interdisciplinary research project at the KHM-Museumsverband, which has set itself the goal of carrying out a comprehensive material and conservation analysis of the crown with the help of currently available non-invasive analysis methods. Additional measurements and art-technological examinations of a number of other important goldsmith's works from the 10th and 11th centuries will provide a basis for the evaluation, interpretation and comparison of the results obtained.
The comprehensive and systematic recording of pictorial and textual sources on the imperial crown will significantly expand our knowledge of the history of the object and provide new starting points for the historical categorisation of changes and interventions. The focus will also be on technological and palaeographic analyses of the inscriptions on the crown, which are of major importance in the highly controversial debate about the date of origin of this famous symbol of power.
With the kind support of
Project management
Franz Kirchweger
Project collaboration
Martina Griesser, Helene Hanzer, Teresa Lamers, Herbert Reitschuler, Sabine Stanek, Katharina Uhlir
Co-operations
Clemens M. Bayer (Mainz/Lüttich), Evelyn Klammer (Wien), Stefan Röhrs (Rathgen-Forschungslabor, Berlin), Gerald Giester und Lutz Nasdala (Universität Wien), Maurizio Aceto (UPO, Alessandria), Domschatzkammer Essen Bayerisches Nationalmuseum, München Schatzkammer der Residenz München/Bayerische Schlösserverwaltung Bayerische Staatsbibliothek (München), Kirchengemeinde St. Severin in Köln/Erzbistum Köln
Funding
Ernst von Siemens Kunststiftung, Rudolf-August Oetker-Stiftung, Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften, Kunsthistorisches Museum
Project duration
2022 – 2024