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Mathilde's memory became celebrated especially in Essen, with four masses and the lighting of the grave with twelve candles. In the Liber Ordinarius, a manuscript of Essen created around 1300, Mathilde is called Mater ecclesiae nostrae (Mother of our church). Abbess Mathilde was depicted on the lost west windows of the Minster, which were ...
The Cross of Mathilde in the Essen Cathedral Treasury. The Cross of Mathilde (German: Mathildenkreuz; Latin: Crux Matildae) is an Ottonian processional cross in the crux gemmata style which has been in Essen in Germany since it was made in the 11th century.
The Cross of Otto and Mathilde, Otto-Mathilda Cross, or First Cross of Mathilde (German: Otto-Mathilden-Kreuz) is a medieval crux gemmata (jewelled cross) processional cross in the Essen Cathedral Treasury. It was created in the late tenth century and was used on high holidays until recently.
Essen 2002. Torsten Fremer: Äbtissin Theophanu und das Stift Essen. Verlag Pomp, 2002, ISBN 3-89355-233-2. Kahnitz, Rainer, "The Gospel book of Abbess Svanhild of Essen in the John Rylands Library, I", 1971, Bulletin of the John Rylands Library, John Rylands University Library, Manchester, ISSN 0301-102X, PDF online
The seven-branched candelabrum in Essen Cathedral corresponds to the Jewish menorah and derives from the same Old Testament in the second book of Moses (Exodus 37:17-24). In early Christianity , the "seven" symbolized the unity of the divine and the earthly, as it united the "three" of the Trinity and the "four" of the earthly cardinal points.
The statue is dated around the year 980 [2] and was thus created during the tenure of Mathilde, a granddaughter of Emperor Otto I, as abbess of Essen Abbey.Under her reign and those of her successors Sophia of Gandersheim (1012–1039) and Theophanu (1039–1058), the abbey acquired what is today considered the most precious of the works of art of the Essen treasury.
Prince Harry is back in New York City to support his patronages and philanthropies.. On Sept. 22, the Duke of Sussex, 40, stepped out in N.Y.C. for a planned solo trip. Harry was last in Manhattan ...
Theophanu (died 1056), Abbess of Essen and Gerresheim; Richeza (died 21 March 1063), Queen of Poland, married Mieszko II Lambert of Poland [1] Adelheid (died c. 1030), Abbess of Nijvel (Nivelles) Heylwig, Abbess of Neuss; Mathilde, Abbess of Dietkirchen and Vilich; Sophie, Abbess of St. Maria, Mainz