Chalice with silver clasps decorated with jewels of Holy Roman Emperor Henry II (973-1024). 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 and published by Heinrich Keller. Hefner-Alteneck (1811 - 1903) was a German museum curator, archaeologist, art historian, illustrator and etcher.

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