Elfenbeinsitula des Aschener Domschatz
Ivory Situlae of Aachen Cathedral, c.1000AD

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Photo Source: Schutzausrüstung zur Zeit der Schlacht von Hastings
Elfenbeinsitula (Weihwasserkessel) Lotharingen nach 1000 (heute im Domschatz von Aachen). Die Krönungskirche.
Ivory Situlae (Holy water basin), Lotharingia, after 1000AD, (now in the coronation chapel of the Cathedral of Aachen).
Ottonian Imperial Art and Portraiture:
The Artistic Patronage of Otto III and Henry II
by Eliza Garrison


Black & white details of all 8 faces of the Ottonian Ivory Situlae of Aachen Cathedral.

Composite details of all 8 faces of the Ottonian Ivory Situlae of Aachen Cathedral.
Situlae
Lotharingia, by 1000 or soon after, or possibly after 1024
Ivory
Height: 17.7 cm, Diameter top: 12.5 cm
Aachen Cathedral Treasury
Inv. Grimme No. 26


See also Ottonian Heavy Cavalry in Armies of the Dark Ages 600-1066 by Ian Heath, based on the Elfenbeinsitula in the Cathedral of Aachen
Gospel Book of Otto III, c.1000AD
Basilewsky Situla, Soldiers at the Sepulchre. Ottonian Milan, Italy, c.980AD, Victoria and Albert Museum
Other Ottonian and Carolingian Illustrations of Costume and Soldiers
Other Illustrations of 11th century Costume & Soldiers



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