The Hezilo chandelier (German: Heziloleuchter) 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 the Azelin chandelier (also in Hildesheim), the Barbarossa chandelier in the Aachen Cathedral, and the Hartwig chandelier in the Abbey of Comburg.
During the restoration of the cathedral (from 2010 to 2014), the chandelier was installed in St. Godehard, a basilica since 1963 and the temporary bishop's seat. After the restoration of the cathedral, which reopened on 15 August 2014, it was returned to its original location in the cathedral's nave.
The Hezilochandelier (German: Heziloleuchter) is an 11th-century Romanesque wheel chandelier. It is part of the treasures of the Hildesheim Cathedral...
be the Azelin and Hezilochandeliers in Hildesheim Cathedral, and the Barbarossa Chandelier in the Aachen Cathedral. These chandeliers have prickets (vertical...
Barbarossa Chandelier is one of only four surviving romanesque wheel chandeliers in Germany; the others are the Azelin and Hezilochandeliers at Hildesheim...
as two of the four notable Romanesque wheel chandeliers: the Hezilochandelier and the Azelin chandelier. After renovations and extensions in the 11th...
building, Hezilo had rebuilt on the foundations of the cathedral built by Altfrid, a former Bishop of Hildesheim. He donated the Hezilochandelier in the...
towers. Hezilochandelier in Hildesheim Cathedral with a 6-metre diameter, a donation of Bishop Hezilo of Hildesheim (1054–79). Azelin chandelier in Hildesheim...
of four extant wheel chandeliers from that period, along with the Hezilochandelier, also in Hildesheim, the Barbarossa chandelier in the Aachen Cathedral...
Cathedral (pictured) contain the Bernward Doors, the Hezilochandelier, and the Azelin chandelier. A minor boundary modification took place in 2008. Roman...
which also stood between two columns (Boaz and Jachin). A large wheel chandelier, which was also meant to have been a gift from Otto III to Bernward, hung...
inventory from the 16th century mentions a large decorated chandelier, similar to the Hezilochandelier in Hildesheim Cathedral and perhaps made there, which...
Hildesheim Cathedral contain the Bernward Doors, the Hezilochandelier and the Azelin chandelier. Stoclet House BelgiumBrussels, Belgium 50°50′6″N 4°24′58″E...
wheel chandelier known by his name as the Azelin chandelier was possibly donated by Thietmar. He died in Hildesheim and was succeeded by Hezilo. Adolf...
was witnessed by the young Henry IV. A dispute broke out between Bishop Hezilo of Hildesheim and Abbot Widerad of Fulda over the seating arrangements,...
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