Academic thesis

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Abstract: In search of the origins, the meaning and the history of the stained glass panel “Knight with Coat of
arms” from the Wartburg‐Museum Eisenach, the first chapter outlines the research made in attempt
to identify the evident characteristics, including the general appearance of the panel, the knight’s
attire, the depiction of the coat of arms and its likely holders. Even if it was impossible within the
scope of this work to entirely uncover the origins of the panel, the investigations made in the second
chapter concerning the chapel of Kromsdorf Castle or the stylistic similarity with stained glass panels
of the northern German region nevertheless provide results that light the darkness a little. The
inclusion of the results of the first chapter provides a further insight into the time of the object’s
origins. In the same chapter is summarized the information gained from records and art technical
investigations into the former installation of the object in Wartburg Chapel, into the reasons for its
removal and its subsequent whereabouts as well as its possible restoration phases. The third chapter
finally deals with two possibilities of iconographic interpretation of the depiction of the “Knight with
Coat of Arms” and tries to set it into a historical context.

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  • academic institution: FH Erfurt
  • kind of theses:  Bachelorarbeit
  • date:  2012

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