File:The Ordeal by Fire by Dierec Bouts the Older.jpg
Summary
The Ordeal by Fire before Emperor Otto III, a painting by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dirk_Bouts" class="extiw" title="en:Dirk Bouts">Dirk Bouts</a>, painted 1470/75 (Musée Royal des Beaux-Arts, Brussels). The picture shows a legendary tale related to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otto_III,_Holy_Roman_Emperor" class="extiw" title="en:Otto III, Holy Roman Emperor">Otto III</a> (980–1002): A man should have broken the marriage with Otto's wife, wherefor the ruler had him beheaded. The widow proved to the contrary: in one hand she held the severed head of her husband, in the other—a red-hot iron. Attempted translation of the above German description.
Notice: (Saint) <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richardis" class="extiw" title="en:Richardis">Richardis</a> is not the woman before Otto but the nun in flames in the far back.
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| current | 10:33, 13 January 2017 | | 1,131 × 1,927 (342 KB) | 127.0.0.1 (talk) | <b>The Ordeal by Fire before Emperor Otto III,</b> a painting by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dirk_Bouts" class="extiw" title="en:Dirk Bouts">Dirk Bouts</a>, painted 1470/75 (<i>Musée Royal des Beaux-Arts,</i> Brussels). The picture shows a legendary tale related to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otto_III,_Holy_Roman_Emperor" class="extiw" title="en:Otto III, Holy Roman Emperor">Otto III</a> (980–1002): A man should have broken the marriage with Otto's wife, wherefor the ruler had him beheaded. The widow proved to the contrary: in one hand she held the severed head of her husband, in the other—a red-hot iron. <i>Attempted translation of the above German description.</i><p><i>Notice:</i> (Saint) <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richardis" class="extiw" title="en:Richardis">Richardis</a> is not the woman before Otto but the nun in flames in the far back.<i></i></p> |
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