The Migration of Emblems through NÃ¼rnbergâs History: From Triumph to Civic Memory

Tamar Cholcman

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Chapter 5 The Migration of Emblems through NÃ¼rnbergâs History: From Triumph to Civic Memory

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In 1612 the Holy Roman Emperor Matthias I entered NÃ¼rnberg. In his honor the same triumphal arch that had been used for the entries of Charles V (1541) and Maximilian II (1570) was re-erected and newly decorated for this specific occasion. On the archâs top, below the obelisk, were four bird statues that can be identified as emblems borrowed from Alciato, Camerarius, and the Altdorf Academy. For the triumphal arch, however, they were made into free standing, three-dimensional statues.

This essay examines the journey of the four birds from NÃ¼rnberg, as shown through their various incarnations. From the academy prize medals at Altdorf to the ephemeral triumphal arch, to the paintings of the NÃ¼rnberg Town Hall, to Remâs and Isselburgâs printed book Emblemata Politica, and finally to Michael RÃ¶tenbeckâs Newberry manuscript Wing MS 279, all four avian emblems appear only in textual form. With RÃ¶tenbeck, however, these emblematic birds were documented as part of NÃ¼rnbergâs visual legacy and public imagination, thereby acquiring a new position as city emblems.

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Emblems in the Free Imperial City

Emblems, Empire, and Identity in Early Modern NÃ¼rnberg

Series:Â Brillâs Studies on Art, Art History, and Intellectual History, Volume: 73

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Print Publication Date:: 29 Feb 2024

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