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Byzantine style keys in bronze from the 12th century. The large key is from St. Elizabeth's church in Marburg, the small key from the ruins of Memleben Abbey. Chromolithograph from Hefner-Alteneck's "Costumes, Artworks and Appliances from the Middle Ages to the 17th Century," Frankfurt, 1879. Illustration by Dr. Jakob Heinrich von Hefner-Alteneck, lithographed by Joh. Klipphahn, and published by Heinrich Keller. Hefner-Alteneck (1811 - 1903) was a German museum curator, archaeologist, art historian, illustrator and etcher.
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