Not just for this one. *eyes Henry VIII of England*
Go you, for finishing the Ottonian season. If and when you and Mildred make it to Germany, and I get to show you Bamberg, we can do to the magnificent tomb of Henry and Kunigunde in our cathedral.
Details:
I'm of course very pleased Dirk the podcaster raved about how beautiful Bamberg is. (And it really made a stunning difference that Bamberg the city got the legacy of both Henry and Kunigunde, due to their childlessness. Mind you, we also lucked out that there was minimal war destruction in WWII, as opposed to Nuremberg which is just 60 km away and got 95% of its buildings bombed into smithereens so they had to be rebuild.)
Here's a baroque statue of Kunigunde, strategically placed on one of the main bridges:
Something you can't take a picture of is one of the most beautiful medieval manuscripts, the Apocalypse created for Henry II at Reichenau which the Bamberg Library owns; it has some of the best known Ottonian illuminations. In so many ways, the city still is the legacy of Henry and Kunigunde to the world.
Re: Eagle's Daughter
Not just for this one. *eyes Henry VIII of England*
Go you, for finishing the Ottonian season. If and when you and Mildred make it to Germany, and I get to show you Bamberg, we can do to the magnificent tomb of Henry and Kunigunde in our cathedral.
Details:
I'm of course very pleased Dirk the podcaster raved about how beautiful Bamberg is. (And it really made a stunning difference that Bamberg the city got the legacy of both Henry and Kunigunde, due to their childlessness. Mind you, we also lucked out that there was minimal war destruction in WWII, as opposed to Nuremberg which is just 60 km away and got 95% of its buildings bombed into smithereens so they had to be rebuild.)
Here's a baroque statue of Kunigunde, strategically placed on one of the main bridges:
Something you can't take a picture of is one of the most beautiful medieval manuscripts, the Apocalypse created for Henry II at Reichenau which the Bamberg Library owns; it has some of the best known Ottonian illuminations. In so many ways, the city still is the legacy of Henry and Kunigunde to the world.