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Year:
1907
¬The¬ Land in the mountains : being an account of the past and present of Tyrol, its people and its castles
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Page 384 of 406
Author: Baillie-Grohman, William A. ; Landis, Charles [Vorredner] / by W. A. Baillie-Grohman. With an introduction by Charles Landis
Place: London
Publisher: Naturw.-med. Verein
Physical description: XXXI, 288 S. : zahlr. Ill.
Language: Englisch
Location mark: II A-1.123
Intern ID: 136079
MATZEN UP TO MODERN TIMES 273 extreme wrath, and when the latter’s troops proved victorious against those of the Protestant princes of the Smalkaldic League, the hour had come for the Emperor’s revenge. Great were the fears of the citizens of Augsburg that the town would be sacked and burnt, and they began fully to realise the desperate nature of their position. The only man to whom the men of the supreme council could turn in their distress was Anton Fugger, who, as the Emperor’s trusted

friend was known to wield the greatest possible influence. Fugger succeeded in partially allaying the Emperor’s wrath, and instead of having the town sacked, the lighter and, to him, more useful punish ment of an immense ransom was inflicted by Charles. Towards it Anton Fugger had to contribute no less a sum than 150,000 ft. and besides had to furnish fresh loans to the imperial exchequer of 122,477 A-» 20,000 ducats, and soon afterwards of another 60,000 fl. When therefore after such services to his

native city, the council went to such extremes as to imprison him, as we have heard, Fugger became so disgusted that he left Augsburg and retired to Schwaz where he lived for some years. His mansion there is still in existence, though now in a sadly ruinous condition. For art, many of the Fuggers proved munificent patrons. Titian was a personal friend of Anton Fugger, and the latter’s collection contained many pictures by his hand. The family still possesses four portraits by him (of Charles

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Geography, Travel guides
Year:
1855
¬A¬ handbook for travellers in Southern Germany : being a guide to Würtemberg, Bavaria, Austria, Tyrol, Salzburg, Styria, ecc., the Austrian and Bavarian Alps, and the Danube from Ulm to the Black Sea
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Page 219 of 598
Place: London
Publisher: Murray
Physical description: XII, 573 S. : Kt.. - 7. ed., corr. and enlarged
Language: Englisch
Notations: Nebent.: Murray's hand-book southern Germany. - Hand -Book southern Germany
Subject heading: g.Süddeutschland ; z.Geschichte 1855 ; f.Führer
Location mark: I 124.216
Intern ID: 37775
sculpture, the glowing tints of ancient painted glass, the beautiful forms of the 2 rose or wheel windows, all con- Hauser, was completed m 1423, tty Anton Pilgram. It is a masterpiece « Gothic architecture, diminishing gra dually from its base to its summit '§■ regularly retreating arches and hub tresses : it is 444 Eng. ft. high, ft ii well worth while to ascend it on account of the view. It is entered from a small house, No. 873, Stephaneplats, built against the S. wall of the church «■ the outside

last intercolumniation Christian banners of the Duke-of * of the N. aisle, and next to the pilas ter, between the aisle and the N. transept, is a small organ-loft, without an organ, under which, or on what is called the organ-foot, is carved the portrait of Anton Pilgram, a sculptor and architect of the church. The same bust again appears underneath the Pulpit, which is deserving of mi nute observation, on account of its elegant and elaborate carved work in stone, as are also the stalls of the

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