Word: arthur
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...most striking pieces of the exhibition is the heroic statue of King Arthur, the original of which is in the Hofkirche at Innsbruck. The figure is clad in full armor, the right hand resting on a shield bearing the arms of England. This statue and the effigy from the tomb of the Emperor Maximilian near it, were both executed by the famous sixteenth century sculptor, Peter Vischer. Another interesting piece is the figure of a Frankish warrior of the fifth century, dressed in the national costume and bearing an axe and spear, the original of which is in the Museum...
...this class of sculpture is the elaborately carved doorway from the Hirschvogelsaal in Nuremberg which was presented to the Museum by the Deutscher Verein. Among other notable specimens in the exhibition may be mentioned a choirscreen from St. Michael's church, Hildesheim, twelfth century, presented to the Museum by Arthur P. Schmidt of Boston; baptismal font from the Cathedral at Hildesheim, twelfth century; model of a boat dating from the fifth century, the original of which was found in the Mydam Moor, and which is now in the Museum at Kiel; the so-called Bernward Column from the Cathedral...
...fountain at Schaffhausen, and is the first installment of the gift of the Swiss government; the second is a plaster cast of the Tomb of Henry the Lion and his wife at Braunschweig, probably the finest sepulchral monument of the twelfth century, and is the gift of Mr. Arthur P. Schmidt, of Boston...
...ARTHUR BLACK...
...funeral of the late Arthur Lincoln '63, member of the Board of Overseers, will be held at the Arlington Street Church in Boston today at 10.30 o'clock. The service will be conducted by Rev. Paul Revere Frothingham '86. The interment will take place at Hingham, Massachusetts...