Mainz Collection

St Boniface / Sacred Oak
SAINT BONIFACE (Wynfryth, of Crediton) Bishop of Mainz, missionary and martyr in Germany, destroying the sacred oak of an ancient German god

Mainz, towards the Rhine, the Rhine, Germany. Date between ca. 1890 and ca. 1900

Anselm von Umstadt
Anselm Casimir Wombold von Ustadt (? - 1647) German churchman, archbishop of Mainz from 1629 till his death

JOHANN SCHWEIKHARD German churchman and statesman, archbishop of Mainz from 1604 till his death. Date: ? - 1626

King George II at the Battle of Dettingen, Electorate of Mainz, Holy Roman Empire (present-day Bavaria, Germany), 27 June 1743, part of the War of the Austrian Succession (1740-1748)

Bernhard von Breidenbach, politician in Mainz, 1440-1497
Bernhard von Breidenbach, politician in the Electorate of Mainz and author of Peregrinatio in terram sanctum, 1440-1497. From the grave effigy in Mainz Cathedral

German tournament helmet of the mid-15th century. Jousting helm with engraved foliage. From Prince Karl Anton of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringens collection, Signaringen Kunstkammer

Scenes from an illuminated manuscript of Les Voeux du Paon
Knights in battle watched by ladies in a castle, and a lady bringing a roasted peacock to a banquet table, and a helm, 14th century

First page of the famous Vienna Codex of the Golden Bull, 1365, an illuminated manuscript prepared for King Wenceslaus IV of Bohemia. Miniatura nel Codice Viennese

Ruins of the mausoleum to Drusus near Mainz, Germany
Ruins of the Drususstein (Drusus stone) mausoleum to Nero Claudius Drusus near Mainz. Drusus died battling the Chatti Germanic tribes in 9BC. Vestigia di un Sepolcro

Magistrates from an ancient Etruscan urn. President with curule seat, four praetors or judges in short-sleeved tunics. Urna Etrusca rappresentante alcuni magistrati

German Fairground with Sideshows - Mainz, Germany. The stalls include the chance to see a Giant Lady, a South sea Islander, an electric shick machine and a balloon seller. Date: 1899

Advert for sparkling wine
Advert from Reigen Magazine, Germany, 1922 for sparkling wine from Schonberger Cabinet Mainz and E.L.Kempe and Company liquor (Exquisit and St. Afra) Date: 1922

Archbishop of Mainz, Archeveque de Mayence, with mitre and standard. Chromolithograph from Loredan Larcheys Ancien Armorial Equestre de la Toison d Or et de l Europe au 15e siecle

Interior design for the princely castle in Sofia, Bulgaria, by the Hofmobel Factory. circa 1898

Room designed for a Rhenish industrialist in a furniture factory. circa 1898

Mainz : after their defeat at Leipzig, the French troops occupy Mainz in the course of their retreat towards France Date: October 1813

Mainz, Germany - Eisenbahnbrucke. Date: circa 1910

Mainz, Germany - Kirschgarten (Cherry Garden). Date: circa 1930s

Johann Adam von Bicken - Archbishop Elector of Mainz
Johann Adam von Bicken (1564-1604) - Archbishop Elector of Mainz (1601-04). Date: circa 1601

Ekkehard IV & Madawig
EKKEHARD IV Frankish monk at St Gall, scholar and historian, teacher - director of cathedral school at Mainz, instructing Madawig. Date: 960? - 1069?

Ekkehard IV
EKKEHARD IV Frankish monk at St Gall, scholar and historian, teacher - director of cathedral school at Mainz. Date: 960? - 1069?

Karl Von Dalberg
KARL THEODOR ANTON MARIA, furstprimas (prince-primate) reichsfreiherr (baron) von DALBERG, German statesman, archbishop, elector of Mainz, writer. Date: 1744 - 1817

Karl Von Dalberg - 2
KARL THEODOR ANTON MARIA, furstprimas (prince-primate) reichsfreiherr (baron) von DALBERG, German statesman, archbishop, elector of Mainz, writer. Date: 1744 - 1817

St Boniface / Bishop
SAINT BONIFACE Devonshire-born Benedictine missionary who became arch- bishop of Mainz, but was murdered with 52 others by the heathens of Friesland Date: 675? - 754?

Hrosvitha / Mamz / Deutsche
HROSVITHA or HROSTVITHA Benedictine nun, Abbess of Gundersheim, poet and historian, presents her writings to Archbishop Wilhelm von Mainz Date: circa 935-1000

Gutenberg Office
The Algesheimer Hof, site of Gutenbergs original printing office at Mainz [Germany]

Heinrich VII Elected
The Seven Electors - of Koln, Mainz, Trier, Bayern, Sachsen, Brandenburg and Bohmen - choose Heinrich, Graf von Luxemburg, to be Holy Roman Emperor Heinrich VII Date: 27 November 1308

Aspersorium.. Chromolithograph from Jakob Heinrich von Hefner-Altenecks Costumes, Artworks and Appliances from the Middle Ages to the 17th Century, Frankfurt, 1889

Senior NCO, most probably a CSM or SNCO Acting Officer
A portrait of a senior NCO, most probably a CSM (Feldwebel) or SNCO Acting Officer (not commissioned), known as an Offizierstellvertreter

Theodor Heuss Bridge, Mainz, Germany. Date: late 19th century

Allies victory of the Rhine by G. H. Davis
The Allies victory of the Rhine during the Second World War: from Wesel to Coblenz. A birds eye map of the terrain, with an additional map from Cologne to Mainz. Date: 1945

Germany Mainz
The cathedral and market-place Date: circa 1836

Wilhelm Heinse
WILHELM HEINSE German professor at Mainz and writer on art Date: 1749 - 1803

Hortus Sanitatis, Jacob Meidenbach, 1497 edition
Hortus Sanitatis title page

Mainz, from Rhine Bridge, the Rhine, Germany. Date between ca. 1890 and ca. 1900

Tree of Liberty
Trees of Liberty are a universal symbol of revolutionary sentiments : this one, planted at Mainz, is surmounted with the bonnet of the revolkutionaries. Date: 1793

Rabanus Maurus / Thevet
RHABANUS MAGNENTIUS Frankish theologian, scholar and teacher, abbot of Fulda, archbishop of Mainz (from 847) Date: ?780 - 856

Bingen am Rhein - Germany
Bingen am Rhein (or Bingen or Bingen on the Rhine) is a city located at the junction of the rivers Rhine and Nahe in the district of Mainz-Bingen

Gutenbergs Workshop
The reconstruction of Gutenbergs workshop, in the Gutenberg Museum at Mainz, Germany

Mainz Captured / 1462
The capture of Mainz and the destruction of Peter Schoeffers printing press

Dufour at Mainz
French General G J Dufour leads the defence of Mainz

Sigfrid III Von Eppstein
SIGFRID III VON EPPSTEIN Archbishop of Mainz (Mayence); flanked by the German kings Heinrich Raspe and Wilhelm of Holland

Fiddler of Mainz
When a statue of the Virgin in Mainz cathedral gives a poor fiddler her shoe, he is nearly hanged for stealing, fortunately she gives him the second in full public view

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