The Bamberg Hanging Reconsidered
Abstract
The well-known silken textile of Bamberg, which is at the Museum of the Archdiocese of Bamberg, is also known as the Bamberg hanging. The reconsideration of its iconography along with other historical data offers another different interpretation of the so far proposed ones. According to this, the hanging depicts the equestrian emperor Nikephoros Phokas while the two personifications are the cities of Mopsuestia and Tarsus both of which were conquered by Phokas. Under the same light, the hanging was given as a diplomatic gift by the next emperor John Tzimiskes who usurped the throne and most probably wanted to get rid of a work of art that reminded him of his predecessor.
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PAPAMASTORAKIS, T. (2011). The Bamberg Hanging Reconsidered. Deltion of the Christian Archaeological Society, 24, 375–392. https://doi.org/10.12681/dchae.396
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