Hunting Horn (Oliphant) of Count Albrecht III of Habsburg
2nd half 11th c.
The inscription on this oliphant mentions Count Albrecht III of Habsburg, who in 1199 presented the horn filled with relics to the Abbey of Muri in Switzerland. It remains unclear whether the inscribed text dates from the Middle Ages or was added around 1700, when the horn was presented to Emperor Leopold I as a sign of the object’s original connection with his ancestor.
The inscription on this oliphant mentions Count Albrecht III of Habsburg, who in 1199 presented the horn filled with relics to the Abbey of Muri in Switzerland. It remains unclear whether the inscribed text dates from the Middle Ages or was added around 1700, when the horn was presented to Emperor Leopold I as a sign of the object’s original connection with his ancestor.
Time:
2nd half 11th c.
Object Name
Hunting Horn
Culture
Lower Italian, Salerno or Amalfi (?)
Material/technology:
Ivory
Dimensions:
51,8 cm × 11,5 cm
Inscribed
"NOTVM. SIT. O (MN) IB (VS). CORNV. ISTVD. ASPICIENTIBVS
QVOD. COMES. ALBERT (VS). ALSATIE(N)SIS. LANTGRA
VI(VS). DE. HAPISP(VRG). NAT(VS). SAC(R)IS. RE(LI)QVVIS. CORNV. IS
TVD. DITAVIT. HEC ACTA SV(NT) ANN
O. M. C. XC. VIIII."
Copyright
Kunsthistorisches Museum, Kunstkammer
Invs.
Kunstkammer, 4073