Detail of a suspended votive crown from Visigothic Spain, before 672 AD. Part of the Treasure of Guarrazar offered by Reccesuinth. Out of view are chains for suspension above, and a Byzantine pendant cross below. Alternate view.[1]
A votive crown is a votive offering in the form of a crown, normally in precious metals and often adorned with jewels. Especially in the Early Middle Ages, they are of a special form, designed to be suspended by chains at an altar, shrine or image. Later examples are more often typical crowns in the style of the period, either designed to be placed on the head of a statue, or re-used in this way after donation.
A votivecrown is a votive offering in the form of a crown, normally in precious metals and often adorned with jewels. Especially in the Early Middle Ages...
(*Raikaswinþs), from the roots reiks ("king") and swinþs ("strong"). His votivecrown used the Latin spelling RECCESVINTHVS. Other Latin spellings include...
A votive offering or votive deposit is one or more objects displayed or deposited, without the intention of recovery or use, in a sacred place for religious...
The VotiveCrown of Recceswinth plays a vital role in the debate regarding Roman continuity or decline in Western Europe during the Middle Ages. Additionally...
The Iron Crown (in Italian, Latin, and Lombard: Corona Ferrea; German: Eiserne Krone) is a reliquary votivecrown, traditionally considered one of the...
many gold votivecrowns of the Treasure of Guarrazar, among which is the crown of the Visigothic king Recceswinth (r. 649–672). These crowns were never...
numbers by archaeologists in recent years. The Treasure of Guarrazar of votivecrowns and crosses are the most spectacular among the finds thus far. In or...
Castile-La Mancha, Spain, is an archeological find composed of twenty-six votivecrowns and gold crosses that had originally been offered to the Roman Catholic...
Lombards, but Franks. From the 12th century, the votivecrown and reliquary known as the Iron Crown (Corona Ferrea) retrospectively became a symbol of...
precious stones. Suintila's crown was stolen in 1921 and never recovered. There are several other small crowns and many votive crosses in the treasure. These...
characteristic of Baroque church metalwork, especially monstrances and votivecrowns, and Art Deco and Art Nouveau styles as well as church architecture...
and as La Corona de Nuestra Señora de la Asunción de Popayán), is a votivecrown originally made for a larger-than-life sized statue of the Virgin Mary...
were preserved as they were buried during the invasion – e.g., the votivecrowns from the treasure of Guarrazar. While only the senior monks were allowed...
Another is the Visigothic polychrome votivecrown (picture) of Recceswinth, King of Toledo, found in a votivecrown hoard of c. 670 at Fuente de Guarrazar...
cheated by the goldsmith to whom he had supplied the gold to make a votivecrown for a temple. He asked Archimedes to find out if all the gold had been...
twenty-six votivecrowns and gold crosses from the royal workshop in Toledo, with signs of Byzantine influence. Two important votivecrowns are those of...
Nasrid Kingdom of Granada in 1492. The dynastic union of the Crown of Castile and the Crown of Aragon in 1479 under the Catholic Monarchs is often considered...
or dangling ornaments hanging from a piece of metalwork such as a crown, votivecrown, crux gemmata, or kamelaukion, and are a feature of Early Medieval...
some point after the coronation as a votivecrown for a famous statue of the Virgin Mary. Margaret presented the crown to the Church of Our Lady during a...
the Muslim Conquest of Spain, is now a unique survival of Christian votivecrowns in gold; though Spanish in style, the form was probably then used by...
no indication as to origin was produced in the capital. Byzantine art's crowning achievement were the monumental frescos and mosaics inside domed churches...
Treasure of Guarrazar and Torredonjimero, which consisted of eleven votivecrowns, three of them had names on them; these included Suintila, Recceswinth...
church, while the parish priest was killed for a golden, bejewelled votivecrown. The church is abandoned, and residents forget their devotion to God...
A votive column (also votive pillar) is the combination of a column (pillar) and a votive image. The presence of columns supporting votive sculptures in...
Milan with Monza as a summer residence. He identified himself, in a votivecrown, Gratia Dei rex totius Italiae, "By the grace of God king of all Italy"...
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