File:Andechs family Hedwig Codex.jpg

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The Family of Berthold iV; The Marriage of Saint Hedwig and Heinrich  wikidata:Q105395035 reasonator:Q105395035
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Court workshop of Duke Ludwig I of Liegnitz and Brieg (Polish, 1364 - 1398) (1364 - 1398) – illuminator (Polish)
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The Family of Berthold VI; The Marriage of Hedwig and Heinrich
Part of Hedwig Codex Edit this at Wikidata
Object type painting Edit this at Wikidata
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At the top in the center sit her father Berthold VI, Count of Andechs-Meran, and her mother Agnes. Seated to the left are Hedwig, with a halo, two other daughters, and Hedwig's niece, Saint Elizabeth of Hungary, who also has a halo. To the right of Hedwig's parents sit their four sons, two of whom were high- ranking clerics. A fourth daughter, Mechtild, who became a nun. appears below this group and in smaller scale.

The bottom half of the page represents Hedwig's marriage, at age twelve, to Duke Henry of Silesia. With the blessing of the priest at the center, Hedwig joins hands with Henry. As was common in thirteenth-century Europe, Hedwig's father, standing behind her, played a major role in arranging the politically advantageous union. The numerous witnesses attest to the marriage's strategic importance.

The manuscript's emphasis on Hedwig's family had a personal significance for its patron, Duke Ludwig I of Liegnitz and Brieg, who was himself a direct descendant of the saint.
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Date 1353 Edit this at Wikidata
Medium Tempera colors, colored washes, and ink on parchment
Dimensions height: 34.1 cm (13.4 in) Edit this at Wikidata; width: 24.8 cm (9.7 in) Edit this at Wikidata
dimensions QS:P2048,+34.1U174728
dimensions QS:P2049,+24.8U174728
institution QS:P195,Q29247
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lido.getty.edu-gm-obj4360 (Getty Center) Edit this at Wikidata
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Source/Photographer http://www.7cudow.eu/en/eksponaty/kodeks-lubinski/
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