DENMARK
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The arms of Denmark are: Or, strewn with 9 hearts,
3, 3 and 3 Gules, three lions passant Azure, crowned Or, langued Gules. The first
peoples in present-day Denmark of which heraldic symbols are known are the
Herules who probably lived on Sjælland and Fyn, and the Cimbri who lived in
North Jutland. Both of these peoples had intensive contact with the Romans,
the Herules attacked the coast of Gaul in 409 and the Cimbri were defeated in
the battle of Vercellae (101 BC). Nevertheless, in the fifth century we still
find auxiliary troops consisting of Herulen and Cimbri in the Roman armies.
Their shields are depicted in the Notitia Dignitatum. Under the inscription
"Heruli" there is a shield with a red circle on a white field with
red bordure. For the Cimbrin, there is a shield under the title
"Cimbriani". It is red with a yellow center and an equally yellow
border. The
Herules settled in the fifth century in present western Slovakia. Their
leader Odoakar defeated the last emperor of the Western Roman Empire, Romulus
Augustulus, in 476 and became King of Italy. In the sixth century, however,
they were expelled and many took service in the Byzantine army, including
that of Belisarius. Byzantine
influence can be traced in the lion depicted on the famous Jelling
Stone. On this three-cornered stone there is a lion and a snake on one
side, on the other side a man with spread arms (crucifix) and on the third a
text. The text reads: “King Harald had these memorials erected for Gorm,
his father, and Tyra, his mother, the Harald who united all Denmark and Norway
and converted the Danes to Christianity.” On the side with the griffin
is the part of the text with “all Norway”. The Harald is Harald I Blue Tooth (940-986). The
side with the lion must date from the death of Harald II Graycloak († 974) of
Norway, when Harald could subject the population of Norway.
Reconstruction in color of the figure on the Jelling Stone At this
time a lion may have been the distinguishing sign of a comes in the Byzantine army, a commander who had an army division
of 500 to 200 men under his command. A similar
figure, dating from half a century later, has been found in London on the St.
Paul’s Rune Stone. It is not
clear why Harald opted for a lion, while he as well could have chosen for an
eagle, which would correspond more to his royal rank, or even a
dragon. See for this: Norway. The coat of arms of the Valdemars. The coat
of arms of Denmark is the coat of arms of the Valdemars, Kings of Denmark
from the House of Svend Estridsen. In its basic form it appears for the first
time on the countersealof Knud IV from 1190. In the first centuries the
details, as usual in early European heraldry, are constantly changing. It is
only at the beginning of the nineteenth century that the form is definitively
established. The
number of lions has remained the same throughout the centuries. Until the
codification of 1819 they could be depicted both passant and passant guardant
without any preference. The lions
were originally uncrowned, as can be seen on the seal of Knud IV. In 1232,
under the reign of Eric IV, they were crowned. Afterwards they only occur
once without a crown. A single
example is known where the lions hold the "Danebrog", namely. on a
version of Erik van Pommeren's coat of arms. The
hearts are called water-lily leaves in some Medieval texts (danish: Søblade).
In a manuscript from 1306, the coat of arms of the Counts of Halland are
described as± Desuptos leopardus est campus, continens sparsos flores, qui
dicuntur "Søblad". Apart
from that, hearts are spoken of throughout the ages, and it is only in the
nineteenth century that the name water-lily leaves (Søblade) is preferred. The hearts first appear on the already mentioned
counter-seal of Knud IV and then have the shape of the familiar hearts,
indeed they have on a seal of Erik, count of South Jutland more the form of
what one with a good will a leaf of the yellow lump. Historically, however,
the figure that is called heart is certainly meant and the shape on the seal
of Erik van Jutland also leans against the ancient examples of the figure. The
number of hearts on the shield varies considerably until 1546. In that year
the number is fixed at nine. Before that, the shield is "studded with
hearts" where the number depends on the space left by the lions on the
shield and the size the artist chooses.
The
colors of the arms have remained the same throughout the centuries. The
oldest image in color is in the Wijnbergen Roll of Arms from time of the
government of Erik V Klipping (1259-1286). ) Other old colored images can be
found in the General Chronicle of Saxony from the end of the 13th century, on
wall paintings in Ringsted and Næstved from about 1320 and in the Gelre Roll
of Arms. The crowns are gold, nails, tongues and hearts red. From
later times there are no images known where the colors are different. Crest and Crown A crest
specifically for the warriors from the Danish royal house appears for the
first time on the seal of Christoffer, the son of Erik V Klipping and the
later King Christoffer II (1330-'32), from 1293. It consists of two horns.
with four small fans of peacock feathers. In the Gelre Roll of Arms the
lambrequines and the horns are ermine. The arms
were crowned for the first time on the seal of King Olaf II from 1376. In the
codification of 1819 this crowned coat of arms became the small national
arms. In 1960 a
legal distinction was made between the national coat of arms and the royal
coat of arms. a distinction that de facto already had existed much longer. Later Developments: The arms of Eric of Pomerania and
of Christoffer III Wittelsbach.
In 1387 the
last King of the lineage of Svend Estridsen, Olaf II, died. His mother,
Margarethe I, appointed a grandson of her sister, Erik of Pomerania, in 1397,
as a successor to the Danish throne. From Erik
of Pomerania King of Norway from 1387,
and in 1397 also King of Sweden, various seals are known in which the coat of
arms of the Valdemars appears. With that, it had become the arms of a
territory instead of the arms of a family, since Erik was not related to the
House of Svend Estridsen. On his
heraldic seal, which he used from 1398 to 1435, five heraldic symbols were
united, namely the arms of his kingdoms and the coat of arms of Pomerania,
which he had inherited from his father. The arms are: Arms:
Quartered by a silver cross: 1. Or, three lions passant Azure crowned of the
first, langued and ungules Gules together keeping the Danebrog (Denmark); 2.
Azure three crowns Or, 2 and 1 (Sweden); 3 Bendy wavy Argent and Azure, a
lion rampant Or (Folkunge); 4 Agent, a griffin reversed Gules, billed and
clawed Or (Pomerania). And on an excutcheon in fess point; Gules, a lion Or
with an axe of a blade Argent and a handle of the first in its claws
(Norway). The white cross is derived from the white cross of the
banner of the Holy Roman Empire on which it stands on a red cloth. The
Danebrog is identical to this and it means that Denmark was considered to be
a part of the Holy Roman Empire. According to the legend, borrowed from the
vision of Constantine before the battle of the Milvian bridge in 312, it
would have appeared in the sky at the battle of Lyndaniz against the pagan
Estonians in 1219. [1] In fact,
the cross appears for the first time on the seal of Waldemar III Atterdag
("Dawn") of 24 February 1356. [2] This is also the year in which the Golden
Bull, a kind of Constitution of the Holy Roman Empire, was drafted by Emperor
Charles IV (1355-'78). The
political grounds on which the relationship with the Holy Roman Empire was
emphasized at the time, were not investigated here, but Waldemar profiled
himself with a seal on which there is a coat of arms with a cross between the
letters of his name, emphatically as a liege man of the Empire. This was in
line with the designation by Frederick Barbarossa of Sven III as First King
during the Danish Civil War (1152), alongside his rivals Knud III and
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Seal and counterseal, 1356 Petersen 41 a.b. A Arms: Strewn with roses, a cross
edged, charged with roses and their tendrils,
in the quarters WAL DE MA RVS B Arms: Chequered per bend sinister,
each diamond charged with a rose, and a bend sinister, inscribed TYL DANALOGh. between two bendlets strewn with roses. |
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Afterwards
the white cross is used as a national symbol, a coat of arms with a white
cross on a red field as a national coat of arms, also in the form of a flag,
as it appears for the first time in color in the Gelre Roll of Arms. Until
the middle of the 18th century, the cross served as the supporter of the arms
of the kingdom, in particular of the coat of arms of Denmark, and from the
middle of the 17th century the coat of arms of the chancellery. In the
royal coat of arms the cross is on the arms quarterly of the parts of the
kingdom and is charged with the personal arms of the monarch. In fact it
symbolizes that the Kingdom of Denmark is a part of the Holy Roman Empire. The royal
coat of arms can be compared to the royal arms of Hungary and England ………………..? Erik of
Pommerania was succeeded in 1440 in Denmark and in 1442 in Norway by
Christoffer III Wittelsbach Arms of
this monarch are known on which the quarters occur in different orders. On
his seal from 1440 is a coat of arms quartered with a cross and in the four
quarters Denmark, Palts, Wittelsbach and Wenden. See Æ Docmentation Initially
the cross was straight and white (Argent). At the end of the 15th century,
when the Holy Roman Empire was reduced to the German Nation, a red bordure
was added, thus making the arms of the Danish Nation of the Holy Roman
Empire. After the creation of the Danebrogorden in 1671 the cross became
pattée and Gules, voided Argent. This remained so until Queen Margarteha II
restored the tradition of the straight cross in 1972. Later Developments: The arms of the Kings of the
House of Oldenburg With the
accession to the three Scandinavian thrones by Christian I from the House of
Oldenburg, a new heraldic tradition in the royal Danish coat of arms is heralded.
In the arms of these Kings, the blazons of the territories they actually
ruled or on which they had a claim came in constantly changing combinations
and order. The order usually corresponds to the order of the terms in the
royal title. The
maintenance of the three Swedish crowns in the coat of arms after the
disintegration of the personal union in 1523, as an arms of pretension, was
one of the few examples in world history in which a heraldic issue was the
cause of war (1563-1570). From 1570
onwards, the swedish coat of arms with the three crowns is called the arms of
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The arms are crowned from 1459 Supporters were introduced by Christian I. In 1449 they
were two wild men, in 1450 two lions, in 1457 a soldier and a wild man, in
1459 an angel and a wild man. The son of Christian I, Johan, bore a lion and
a lioness in 1484. The supporters then disappeared until Christian IV when
two wild men were reintroduced. The Ornaments of the Order of the Elephant (Elefantenorden) were added to
the coat of arms in the 16th century, initially they were limited to the
elephant alone, but later on it was hung on the ribbon of the order and later
on the collar A mantle appears in 1693 and this has continued to be
part of the royal achievement up to the present day. As in
other countries, the arms of the Danish government are of several categories.
The royal arms appears in the 12th century and these basic arms are
differentiated in the late 13th century by adding a version with a crest. A
crowned coat of arms appears in the 14th century so that the original arms
can be labeled to be the national arms. Under
Erik of Pomerania a distinction is made between the royal coat of arms of the
monarch, which consists of a quarterd shield, and the crowned national coat
of arms. The arms
of the monarch is split in the 15th century into a royal coat of arms
consisting of the shield only, and the royal coat of arms with supporters
that can be regarded as the royal coat of arms, resp. the coat of arms of the
royal executive. The coat
of arms of the royal government is preceded by the coat of arms of the
government that consisted of the white cross, above which a crown, held up by
a lion and a griffin. This experiment in the state ordinance seems to have
ended soon because of this achievement only one example on a seal from 1396
is known. From then on, the royal governemement would be given heraldic form
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Achievement 1369 Petersen 60 Emblem:
Square cross Crown: A royal crown Supporters: D.: Lion S.: Griffin L: [signetu erici dei gra re]gis et ducis pom et c... A
complete set of the cross is known: the national symbol, the national coat of
arms, the state arms and the royal coat of arms. These
arms later became the lesser royal arms. This arises when the larger royal
arms were designed that consists of the arms with the supporters surrounded
by a mantle after the model of the
mantle proposed by Petra Sancta. This achivement symbolizes the monarchy in
its totality, embodied in the monarchy, and thus it is an image of an
absolute monarchy. The absolute monarchy was established in Denmark in 1660. The
chancellery now seems to have continued the crowned national coat of arms.
There have also been arms in use where the dynastic arms of the Oldenburgs
was missing and thus can be regarded as the national arms of the Danish
monarchy. In the seventeenth century, this arms was simplified into a shield
divided in three with the blazons of Denmark, Norway and the Kalmarer Union.
After the loss of Norway in 1814, the blazon of Norway was replaced by the
blazon of Schleswig, which, however, was lost in 1863 for the Danish crown
and in 1865 was replaced by Prussia. As a result, the chancellery arms were
reduced in 1912 to the crowned arms of Denmark alone. In
addition to the royal coat of arms in three versions and the chancellery
arms, there is also a national symbol. This is a white cross, not long after
its commissioning in the 14th century with a red border. This national symbol
is always part of the Royal Arms from the government of Erik van Pommeren,
which can be seen as a prelude to the absolute monarchy. The arms of parts of
the monarchy are placed on this national symbol until the middle of the 18th
century as a supporter, thus creating the phrase "the government of
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Heruli |
Cimbriani |
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In the
Notitia Dignitatum there is under the legend „Heruli”, a people that should
be localized on Sjaelland and Fyn, a red crcle on a white shiel with a red bordure
For the
Cimbri, living in North-Jutland there is a shield under the name „Cimbriani”.
It is red with a yellow disk in the middel and a bordure also yellow.
~ 500 AD The Funen bracteate (DR BR42 = DR
IK58), found in Funen, Denmark. Figures: Rider and eagle The runic
inscription is read as: houaz laþu aaduaaaliia a-- or
alternatively houaz / laþu aa
duaaalii(a) / al(u) According
to the display at the National Museum of Denmark, houaz is interpreted as "The High One", a name of Odin.
[3] Such a
“High One” was for example Rudolf (about 500-510) who was a chief (king) of
the Herulen. * After
the death of Attilla and the fall of the Huns Kingdom in 454 the Herulen in
South Slovakia established a kingdom near the rivers Theiss and the Mureş.
Around 500 this kingdom in the south bordered on the area of the
Ostrogoths, on the left of the Danube in Hungary on the Longobards and
further downstream on the Gepiden. At the
time of Rudolf the Herulen were at war with the Longobards. In 510, under the
leadership of their king Wacho, they invaded the territory of the Herulen and
destroyed the kingdom. Rudolf was killed in the battle. The majority of the
vanquished Herulen then joined the Longobards, a minority joined the
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Harald I Bluetooth |
940 - 986 |
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Memorial stone of King Harald in Jellinge (Jutland). On the
stone of Jellinge from the time of Harald I (after his baptism in 960) there
is a griffin on the front. The text on the stone reads: "King Harald had
these memorials erected for Gorm, his father, and Tyra, his mother, the
Harald who united Denmark and Norway and converted the Danes to
Christianity." On the side with the griffin is the part of the text with
"completely and Norway". On the third side of the stone is a
crucifix. Already
at the beginning of the 9th century, Louis the Pious (814 - 840) had settled
his hopes on the Danish pretender of the throne, Harald, who had become a
Christian and had sworn to him the oath for a fief in Friesland. Together
with Ansegarius, a monk from the northern French monastery Corbie, Harald had
returned to Denmark, but his success there was not great and when the Danes
expelled him, Ansegarius also had to run away. This Harald is not the Harald
of the stone of Jellinge The stone must be attributed to Harald Bluetooth
(940-986).
ME200 – DENMARK,Harald Bluetooth Gormson (Danish: Harald Blåtand)
(c.940-986), Silver Halvbrakteater or Semi-Bracteate, 0.28g., (struck c.940 -
c.960), Hedeby mint (now Schleswig-Holstein, Germany)
or Jelling mint (near Vejle, Jutland, Denmark), geometric design
based around a cross with trefoil terminals overlying an abstraction of a
facing figure in a boat (Hauberg -), a full round coin with no flan cracks or
chips, Harold
Bluetooth, the grandfather of Cnut (the Great), converted to Christianity in
956 and famously had his parents Gorm the Old and Thyra posthumously
converted to his new faith and reburied in a new church he had built next to
their traditional pagan burial mounds at the royal site of Jelling. The
achievements of Harald and Gorm are recorded on two elaborately carved
runestones at the site. Jelling, is one possible mint for this coinage, the
other being the large commercial town of Hedeby further down the Jutland
peninsula.
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Svend I Forkbeard |
986-1014 King of England 1013 |
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Tombstone
erected by Ginne and Toke in St. Paul’s churchyard, London, in the early
eleventh century. Carved with a design related to that of the stone raised by
King Harald at Jelling, Denmark, it seems to represent a fight between a
serpent and a lion. Here the original colours have been restored. St.
Paul’s churchyard, London. reconstructed headstone from a grave, 11th c.
Reconstruction, Eva Wilson.
An
example of a coin struck by Sven Forkbeard in ca. 995. The inscription says: ZVEN REX DAENER (Sven King of Denmark). Coins of
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Harald II |
1014-1018 |
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Knud I, the Great |
King of England
1016-1035 King of Denmark
1019-1035 |
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Edmund Ironside (†1016) and Knud the Dane By Matthew Paris Cambridge,
Corpus Christi College 26. p. 160
Coins - Denmark - Knud d. Store, 1016 - 18 – 1035 Viborg, penning,
Hbg. 49, Hbg. auk. 74, mintmaster "Uloric", 0,81 g - finely toned
copy of deni
DENMARK. temp. Svend Tveskæg – Knud den Store. Circa 1003-1020. AR Penny (19 mm, 2.12 g, 12h). Imitation of Æthelred II, Helmet type. Lund mint. + ÆÐELRED REX Λ, helmeted bust left / + IΘ DM MΘ ИΘ EH, voided long cross, with pellet in center and triple crescent ends, over square with trefoil at each point. Malmer Chain 105:B2, dies 508/1613; B. Gunnarsson, “Den gäckande kedja 105 - spåret av en vikingatida myntunion?” in Samlad glädje 2009 : Numismatiska Klubben Uppsala 1969-2009 (Uppsala : Numismatiska Klubben, 2009), fig. 14 (same obv. die). VF, wavy flan, peck marks. Rare. konografisk interessante type med Guds hånd på adversen Hbg 49 |
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Hardeknud |
1035-1042-1046 |
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Magnus the Good |
King of Norway 1035-1042 |
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DENMARK. Stridsperioden (Civil War).1044-1047. AR Penny (17mm, 1.04 g,
2h). Lund mint; Ilontat(?), moneyer. + O ID IIIVDCO, bird (eagle) standing left
/ + IL· ONT ΛT N LVD, voided
square cross, with pellet at center and triple-crescent ends; crescent in
first quarter. Becker rev. die 110; Hauberg 16 (Magnus the Good); Hede III,
43. EF, toned, two peck marks on reverse. Very
rare.
Penny of Magnus. Lund mint DENMARK Magnus I den Gode (the Good) Olufsen (1042-47), Penny, 0.97g,
Lund mint, blundered legends, Agnus
Dei, lamb facing right, rev. voided square cross, crescents at limb ends
(Hauberg VII, 15 var.), slightly creased, peck marks, good fine or better,
rare. Provenance: Purchased from Allan Davisson, September 1999 |
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Svend II Estridsen |
1046-1074 |
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Coin of Svend II Source: Hauberg, P.
(1900). Myntforhold og Udmyntninger i Danmark indtil 1146. Obv.: Bust of King with shield strewn with bolts,
on his dexter a sceptre with crescent and crested with a trefoil Rev.: King in
Byzantine dress with cross-staff and
orb
Denar of Svend II, Lund. mint 1.04 g. Obv.: Agnus Dei to the sinister
Rev.: Eagle, wings expanded, head to the dexter.
DENMARK Lund, penning, Hbg. 16, Hbg. auk. 910, 1,05 g - finely toned
specimen of this interesting type, which clearly imitates the Byzantine
solidi, where the emperor is crowned by Christ.. Rev voided square square cross. Hbg 16 EF-VF |
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Harald III, Hén |
1074-1080 |
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Canute IV |
*~1042-†1086 1080-1086 |
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Canute IV
(c. 1042 – 10 July 1086), later known as Canute the Holy: (Knud IV den Hellige) or Saint Canute (Sankt Knud), was King of Denmark from
1080 until 1086. Canute was an ambitious king who sought to strengthen the
Danish monarchy, devotedly supported the Roman Catholic Church, and had
designs on the English throne. Slain by rebels in 1086, he was the first
Danish king to be canonized. He was recognized by the Roman Catholic Church
as patron saint of Denmark in 1101.
Seal of Majesty. CS.: Equestrian seal with falcon on
hand. 21.May 1085 Petersen
1a&b Cnutus
quartus, magni regis filius. Seal:
Crowned king with orb in his left hand sitting on a throne with legs of
eagle’s or lion’s claws L.: ª PRESENTI REGEM SIGNO
COGNOSCE CNVTONE.
(present signs of king cnvt). Counterseal: Crowned rider with falcon on his right
hand L.: HIC NATV REGIS MAGNI SVB NOMINE CERNIS.(this king was born under an
illustrious name). Date:15
May 1085 (Rep. 1). Brændt 1692. Afb. Peringskiölds Ättartal för Swea och Götha
Konunga Hus S. 71, jvf. Dip1.A.M. 1. 1.
1. Fabricius: Danm. Hist. 1. 328. 085
A section of the eagle
blanket, which is found in the crypt in Odense Cathedral in
2008, and which is believed to be a gift to the church from the king's widow,
Queen Edel, who later married a norman duke in southern Italy (the City
Archives). A publication
about the blanket is from: Anne Hedeager Krag:
Ørnetæppet og andre silkefund fra Knud den Helliges helgenskrin i Odense
Domkirke. 2010 [4] The silk finds from Odense are considered by foreign researchers
to be unique among European silk finds from the Middle Ages. The eagle rug
and bird pattern on the pillow contain symbols of power, eagle, and
immortality, the peacock. These are symbols that can be passed on to power
and Christianity. This symbolic language has probably been known by the
donor, when the textiles were closed down in the box at the saint's wedding
in 1100. On June 10, 1086, King Knud
IV and his herd were murdered in St. Albani Church in Odense. This event has
made decisive traces in the history of Denmark right up to our time, and in
the year 1100 King Knud became Denmark's royal saint On March 3, 2008, Saint
Knud’s shrine in the crypt in Odense Cathedral was opened with great
attention from the press. There were two reasons for the opening: Lecturer in
biological anthropology at the Department of Forensic Medicine, SDU, dr. of
medicine Jesper Boldsen had been authorized to examine the saint's bones, and
archaeologist and textile researcher Anne Hedeager Krag to get ten small threads
of silk from the tomb. These have been analyzed at ICN, the Institute for the
Cultural Heritage of the Netherlands in Amsterdam, and the results are seen
in this book. The silk threads originate
from two rare patterned silk weaves, which, just like Knud the Holy's bones
today, can be seen in the crypt in Odense Cathedral. A larger piece in red
with patterned eagles, eagle blanket, and a yellow pillow with peacock
motifs. They are both believed to come from the holy cricket with King Knud,
who was sanctified in 1100. The silk textiles are believed to be gifts from
Knud's widow Edel, who was married to a Norman Duke in southern Italy and
brought home by King Erik I Ejegod (Evergood), who in 1098 visited Rome and
Southern Italy. Next to King Knud's sanctuary stands another shrine, which
can have contained the king's brother Benedict. In this shrine are two solid
yellow silk cushions, one short and one long. The book is about the textiles from the two burial
shrines. The text includes new color analyzes of the silk textiles as well as
an interpretation of their subject content, style and application on a broad
European basis in the light of recent research. The new color analyzes show
that the Odense silks are colored with six different plant colors, two red,
two blue and two yellow. One of the yellow color items is rarely seen in
Denmark. These are Persian berries of the genus Rhamnus, which give a saffron yellow color which, in addition to
the Odense silks, has been proved in one of Frederik III (1648-1670) suits,
which are found in the collections at Rosenborg. It is probably this saffron yellow silk that
is referred to in the Englishman Ælnoth's chronicle, which is written about
20 years after the canonization and the sanctification of King Knud - the
saffron yellow color described in the written source from ca. 1120
corresponds with the natural sciences color analysis made almost 900 years
later in 2008. The
eagle, here of Byzantine design, is the badge of rank of a consul and in Western roman context of
a king in his military function. It was the badge of some of the predecessors
of Knud IV and of many other kings.
The peacock pillow from the shrine of St. Knud. Drawing by Magnus Petersen,
1875 (Burman Becker 1886). after Hedeager Krag 2010: fig. 9. The
decoration consists of anchors supported by peacocks separated by hearts.
The peacock is a badge of the office of a prefect or a vicar on the level of a roman diocese. Therefore the eagle and
the peacock can be displayed together. The anchor
is usually the emblem of the navy and therefore should be connected with
his command of his raid to England in 1075. The heart may be the badge of his
function, for which a primicerius, or
a proedros dekanos (president
of the chiefs of ten), is proposed, durimg that raid. |
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Oluf I Hunger |
1086-1095 |
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Erik I the Evergood |
1095-1103 |
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Niels |
1104-1134 |
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1130 ca Portrait of St. Canute in the Church of Nativity in Bethlehem. Danish king with shield at
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Arms: Argent, a carbuncle (thunderbolt)
of eight rays between eight moon-and-star constellations and a bordure Sable
or Azure, with golden meanders Legend: canutus rex danorvm. With this
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Æ To: Denmark 2: Lions and
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Heraldry of the World