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English: The so-called "Bamberger Gunthertuch", a Byzantine silk tapestry depicting a Byzantine emperor on his triumphant return from a campaign. He is crowned, bears the labarum and rides a white horse. Originally identified as Basil II (by A. Grabar), it is now accepted that he represents John I Tzimiskes on his return from the campaign against the Rus' in Bulgaria. He is flanked by two female tychae, who personify Constantinople's two demoi, the Blues and the Greens. The one on the right offers [possibly] a crown, and the one on the left a triumphal toupha headdress. The silk was acquired by Gunther, bishop of Bamberg, in 1064-5, and re-discovered on 22 December 1830 in his grave. The silk is now on display in the treasury of the Bamberg Cathedral.
Deutsch: Das sogenannte "Bamberger Gunthertuch", ein Seidentuch byzantinischer Herkunft, das zum Anlass der triumphalen Rückkehr eines byz. Kaisers hergestellt wurde. Zuerst mit Kaiser Basileios II. Triumphzug nach den Bulgarenkriegen identifiziert, sind sich heute Forscher einig, dass es sich um Johannes I. Tzimiskes handelt, der 971 die Kiewer Rus in Bulgarien schlug. Er reitet einen weißen Ross, ist gekrönt und trägt das labarum auf der rechten Hand. Er ist von zwei Tyche-Figuren flankiert, die die zwei Demen Konstantinopels, die Blauen und die Grünen, darstellen. Die rechte Figur bietet ihm wahrscheinlich eine Krone, die linke die Toupha, die nur bei Triumphzügen getragen wurde, an. Das Tuch wurde 1064-5 von Gunther, dem Bischof Bambergs, in Konstantinopel gekauft, und erst im 22 Dezember 1830 in seinem Grab wiederentdeckt. Das Tuch ist jetzt im Bamberger Dom ausgestellt.
Date 970s
date QS:P, 970-00-00T00:00:00Z/8
Source http://homepage.mac.com/paulstephenson/madison/medieval/handout/week7.html
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