#ottonian — Public Fediverse posts

Come for the birding; stay for the resurrection...

We took a trip to St George’s, Reichenau, where Ottonian frescoes show demons fleeing, storms falling silent, the sick restored—and Lazarus emerging from his grave.

https://silencesandsounds.blogspot.com/

#MedievalArt #Ottonian #Reichenau #frescoes #beauty #Catholic #blog #research #medieval

Just in case you're really curious about #Ottonian​s and Holy Roman Emperors following the path Heinrich laid out, you're surely interested in these latest findings around #OttoTheGreat​'s (Matilda's & Heinrich's son, † 973) grave in #Magdeburg Cathedral:

https://nachrichten.idw-online.de/2026/03/20/the-emperor-s-body-identity-of-the-mortal-remains-found-in-the-sarcophagus-of-otto-the-great-confirmed

As Heinrich I. he established the #Ottonian dynasty of kings & emperors, making him the founder of the medieval German "state" to some - with mandatory nationalist consequences, like e.g. the Nazis digging for lost emperors, indeed here in #Quedlinburg …