Word: emperor
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...Library has lately received from the Imperial German Embassy in Washington, as a gift from the German Emperor, a superb volume entitled "The Wartburg; a Monument of German History and Art." The volume is elaborately illustrated, containing 706 cuts in the text, and 54 plates...
...30th of October, 54 A.D., the Emperor Claudius died, and Nero succeeded him at the age of 17 years. The new emperor continued his study of music, grammar, and language, and allowed his mother, Agrippina, to seize control of the state. But she became a Roman Cleopatra, and because of her refusal to spend the public money for pleasure, she became unpopular. Nero was now living a selfish and extravagant life in the midst of riches and pleasures, and is said to have preferred the theatre to the Senate. Agrippina chafed at this and a struggle arose between mother...
...collection of the Germanic Museum was increased during the summer by the addition of a cast of the figure of King Theodoric from the tomb of the Emperor Maximilian, at Innsbruck. The statue is a companion piece to Arthur of England, already in the Museum, and is the gift of the Deutsche Gesellschaft of Boston...
...past summer the Germanic Museum has received a gift of $50,000 from Adolphus Busch of St. Louis toward the fund for the erection of a new museum, as the present building is fast becoming inadequate for the increasing number of gifts. Two years ago a fund called the Emperor William Fund, in honor of the German Emperor, was established by American friends of Germany for the maintenance of the museum in its present state, and a similar fund will be raised for the support of the new building. While abroad on leave of absence this year, Professor Kuno Francke...
...very beautiful reproduction of the bronze statue of Theodoric from the monument of the Emperor Maximilian at Innsbruck has been donated by the "Deutsche Gesellschaft" of Boston. This statue was placed in the museum as a companion piece to that of King Arthur from the same group...