Hezilo chandelier
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hezilo-chandelier-303-15310690
title:
Hezilo chandelier
text:
The Hezilo chandelier is an 11th-century Romanesque wheel chandelier. It is part of the treasures of the Hildesheim Cathedral in Hildesheim, Germany, which has been a UNESCO World Cultural Heritage site since 1985. The chandelier was most likely commissioned by Bishop Hezilo of Hildesheim, who rebuilt the cathedral after a fire. He probably also influenced the program of imagery and inscriptions. It is the largest of four extant wheel chandeliers of the period; the others surviving examples are
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hezilo_chandelier
date created:
2014-05-04T22:28:30Z
date modified:
2024-08-06T17:28:13Z
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{"content_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/ff/Hildesheim_Dom_Radleuchter_2014.jpg","width":2592,"height":1852}
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