Imperial Sword
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The Imperial Sword is one of the four most important parts of the Imperial Regalia of the Holy Roman Empire. During a coronation, it was given to the emperor along with the Imperial Crown, Imperial Sc
Imperial Sword and scabbard, kept in the Imperial Treasury at the Hofburg Palace in Vienna, Austria
Imperial Sword scabbard (detail) showing one of the 14 engraved gold plates
Imperial Sword illustration from the workshop of Johann Baptist Homann, 1755
Saint Maurice
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Maurice was an Egyptian military leader who headed the legendary Theban Legion of Rome in the 3rd century, and is one of the favourite and most widely venerated saints of that martyred group. He is th
Imperial Sword
…Imperial Regalia are displayed in the Imperial Treasury at the Hofburg Palace in Vienna, Austria. It is also known as Mauritiusschwert, or the sword of Saint Maurice. The Imperial Sword was made for Emperor Otto IV in the twelfth century, possibly for his coronation as King of the Romans in 1198. Its predecessor…
Coptic icon of St.Maurice and Theban Legion
The dying Saint Maurice, detail of a stained-glass by Józef Mehoffer, 1898–1899, Fribourg Cathedral
Saint Maurice (center) by Matthias Grünewald c. 16th century
Saint Mauritius on the wall behind one of the statues of the grave of King Frederik II in Roskilde Cathedral.