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Secular and Ecclesiastical Treasury: Imperial Regalia of the Holy Roman Empire, Holy Lance, Walter Horn, Austrian Crown Jewels

Secular and Ecclesiastical Treasury: Imperial Regalia of the Holy Roman Empire, Holy Lance, Walter Horn, Austrian Crown Jewels


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Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Imperial Regalia of the Holy Roman Empire, Holy Lance, Walter Horn, Austrian Crown Jewels, Imperial Crown of Austria, Imperial Crown of the Holy Roman Empire, Florentine Diamond, Schatzkammer, Vienna Coronation Gospels, Imperial Sword, Archducal Coronet. Excerpt: Walter W. Horn (18 January 1908 26 December 1995) was a medievalist scholar noted for his work on the timber vernacular architecture of the Middle Ages. He was born in Germany, but fled Nazism and spent most of his academic career at the University of California, Berkeley, where he became the university system's first art historian and co-founded the History of Art department. A naturalized citizen of the United States, Horn served in the U.S. Army during World War II and then in the special intelligence unit that tracked down art works plundered by the Nazis. His most celebrated exploit was the recovery of the crown jewels of the Holy Roman Empire, also known as Charlemagne's Imperial Regalia. As a scholar, Horn is most noted for his work on the medieval architectural drawing known as the Plan of Saint Gall. Horn was born in the town of Waldangelloch in rural Baden-Wrttemberg. His mother was Matilde Peters; she married Karl Horn, a Lutheran minister. Walter attended a Gymnasium in nearby Heidelberg and went on to study art history at the University of Heidelberg and the University of Berlin. He earned his doctorate in 1934 at the University of Hamburg, studying under Erwin Panofsky. His dissertation, Die Fassade von Saint-Gilles, on the faade of Saint-Gilles, Gard, was published in 1937. As a special intelligence officer, Horn recovered the "crown of Charlemagne", part of the Imperial Regalia hidden by the NazisHorn fled Germany in opposition to the Nazi regime. He continued hi... More: http://booksllc.net/?id=23838940


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  • ISBN-13: 9781158032051
  • Publisher: Books LLC
  • Publisher Imprint: Books LLC
  • Height: 152 mm
  • No of Pages: 60
  • Spine Width: 4 mm
  • Weight: 100 gr
  • ISBN-10: 1158032056
  • Publisher Date: 12 Jun 2010
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: N
  • Sub Title: Imperial Regalia of the Holy Roman Empire, Holy Lance, Walter Horn, Austrian Crown Jewels
  • Width: 229 mm


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