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Hunting Horn (Oliphant) of Count Albrecht III of Habsburg

2nd half 11th c.

 

 

Hunting Horn (Oliphant) of Count Albrecht III of Habsburg

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.

Location: Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien, Kunstkammer Wien Raum XXXVI

Object data

Object Name

Hunting Horn

Culture

Lower Italian, Salerno or Amalfi (?)

Dated

2nd half 11th c.

Material

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."

Image rights

Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien, Kunstkammer

Inv. No.

Kunstkammer, 4073

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