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Kinga of Poland. As well as in his political life, Henry II often included his wife in his imperial representation. Her participation in the reign of her husband is underlined on the dedication picture of the Pericopes of Henry II. The couple commissioned the book in to the monks on the island Reichenau in Lake Constancewhich was a leading center for book illumination at the time.

With its precious cover and the 28 full-page miniatures, this is one of the most important works of book art at the time. On the dedication picture, the coronation of the couple by Jesus Christ is shown. The couple is led by st cunegunda wiki Apostles Peter and Paul. Henry is shown with an orb and scepter. The role of Cunigunde, who is represented in the same size as her husband, consists in the hand movement, pointing directly to Christ.

This active hand movement can be seen as a sign of her political action readiness. Again, the aspect of the ruler couple moves forward, she appears as a partner in the rule of Henry II. After her canonizationrepresentations of her as a saint can be seen in ecclesiastical art, especially in the Franconian area. As the founder of the Dome and Diocese of Bambergshe is to be seen together with her husband in the group of figures of the doorcase of the Adamspforte at Bamberg Cathedral.

This doorcase, created inis the most significant monumental depiction of Cunigunde in the High Middle Ages. Stephen, the first Christian martyr is in the guise of a deacon. He stands next to the Empress. As a donor, she is holding the model of a church in the right hand, as in many representations. With her left hand, she is pointing to her husband, Henry IIthe founder of the diocese.

Cunigunde's usual attribute is a ploughshare. According to the legend, she walked over glowing ploughshares without being hurt. This scene is shown on the Tumba made of limestone at Bamberg Cathedralcreated in the years by Tilman Riemenschneiderthe most important German sculptor of the time.

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The double tomb of the imperial couple shows the lying couple with two lions and the Bavarian-Luxembourgish double coat of arms with blue-silver diamonds and the Roude Leiw at their feet. In such tomb effigiesthe lion, as a symbol of strength, is usually reserved for men. At the feet of women, there usually is a dog, as a sign of loyalty.

The fact, that Cunigunde was also assigned a lion, is a reference of posterity to the duchess, queen and empress, who exercises her own sovereign rights. Three of the four sides of the Tumba are decorated with scenic reliefs and architectural ornaments. Those depict events from the legends of the saints. Cunigunde is depicted as a miraculous saint in the "Ploughshare test" and the "Key miracle".

In Luxembourg, where she is the only female saint, there is the parish Church of Saint Cunigunde in Clausenwhich was consecrated in and decorated with murals depicting scenes from the life of Cunigunde in Inthe Cunigunde bell Cloche St. In addition to a wooden sculpture of the saints, a tooth relic of Cunigunde is revered in this church. A statue is located there to the left of the main altar.

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