Description:
Schatzkammer: The Crown Jewels and the Ecclesiastical Treasure Chamber Guide No. 5
Author is Hermann Fillitz
Geoffrey Holmes, Translator
photo by Meyer KG
Publisher: Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna, Austria, copyright 1963 & 1974 (reprint)
Third edition
Paperback
5.75 x 8.25 inches, 69 pages plus several pictures
The Austrian Crown Jewels (German: Insignien des Kaisertums Österreich) are the regalia and vestments worn by the Holy Roman Emperor, and later by the Emperor of Austria, during the coronation ceremony and other state functions. The term refers to the following objects: the crowns, sceptres, orbs, swords, rings, crosses, holy relics and royal robes, as well as several other objects connected with the ceremony. The collection dates from the 10th to the 19th centuries, and it reflects more than a thousand years of European history. It is kept in the Imperial Treasury at the Hofburg Palace in Vienna, Austria.
The most outstanding objects are the insignia of the hereditary Empire of… Read More