Imperial vestments: gold embroidered staging of the past. For the first time the imperial vestments can be examined with new methods of study and scientific research, prompted by an epigraphic autopsy which caused justified doubts about the traditional co

班贝格的皇家法衣是全球保存最久的与欧洲尺子有关的服装；它们属于德国最高等级的文化财产。作为早期罗马式艺术最重要的艺术品，它们塑造了我们对千禧年第一个转折点的看法。这六件纺织艺术瑰宝，包括著名的星星披风、昆尼贡德的蓝色披风和班贝格理论被认为是班贝格教区创始人皇帝亨利二世和他的妻子库尼贡德的纪念品。在中世纪晚期，金色刺绣是从原始面料上裁剪下来的，并固定在新的丝绸面料上。从18世纪起，人们普遍接受的事实是，这一转移是根据11世纪初的原始组成进行的，没有任何重大变化。然而，对这些铭文的首次尸检引发了怀疑。对恒星地幔铭文的选择性观察表明，在中世纪晚期的重组过程中，到目前为止人们认为的变化要大得多。有迹象表明，中世纪的服装作为上演皇帝和圣人崇拜的媒介，发生了刻意和根本的改变。对11世纪最初的星幔概念和背景中所有其他服装的质疑由此而来。另一方面，中世纪晚期的变化，他们的动机和目的，以恢复过去的目的，目的是崇拜皇室创始人夫妇是重新考虑。此外，人们还没有对这些法衣进行明确的研究。今天的历史和艺术历史出版物是基于20世纪中叶有文件记录的修复结果。在许多方面，基础性研究工作不能进行或只是肤浅地进行，例如对金属线的分析。此外，必须对1950年恢复工作的意图进行批判性分析。此外，必须第一次对书面资料进行批判性研究，包括从未考虑过的几个分离的片段。60年后，有一个独特的机会，可以从新的角度和新的科学方法研究法衣。不仅将对研究现状进行批判性的重新调查，而且使用新的微创和金属比较分析方法将允许调查变化和互补的刺绣及其不同的时间层，重建服装的原始概念。考虑到法衣对历史和艺术史的重要性，将对亨利二世时代和第一个千年之交的时间有新的看法，关于中世纪晚期圣人和皇帝崇拜的发展的新的和先进的信息，以及关于重新重视联邦共和国早期传统价值观的法衣的恢复的新观点。

The imperial vestments of Bamberg are the eldest preserved garments connected to European rulers in the whole world; they belong to the highest ranking cultural property of Germany. As most important artefacts of early Romanesque art they mold our view of the first turn of the millennium. These six gems of textile art, including the famous star mantle, the blue mantle of Kunigunde and the Bamberg rationale are considered mementos of the founder of the dioceses of Bamberg, the emperor Henry II and his wife Kunigunde. In the Late Middle Ages the gold embroideries were cut from the original fabrics and fixed on new silk fabrics. From the 18th century onwards it has been a generally accepted fact that this transfer was made according the original composition of the early 11th century without any significant changes. A first autopsy of the inscriptions however raises doubts. Selective observations on inscriptions of the star mantle suggest that far more has been changed during the late medieval restructuring then so far believed. There are indications of a deliberate and fundamental change of the medieval garments as media of staging the cult of the emperor and saint. Questions on the original 11th century conception of the star mantle and all the other garments in its context result. On the other hand the late medieval changes their motivation and the aim of restaging the past in purpose of the cult of the imperial founder-couple are to be reconsidered. Furthermore the vestments have not been studied definitively. Todays historical and art historical publications are based on the results of a documented restauration of the middle of the 20th century. In many parts fundamental research-work could not be made or has been made only superficially e.g. the analysis of the metal thread. Furthermore the intention of the 1950 restauration has to be critically analyzed. Also the written sources must be studied critically for the first time, including the several detached fragments which have never been taken into consideration. After 60 years there is the singular chance to study the vestments from a new point of view and with new scientific methods. Not only will there be a critical reinvestigation of the status of research, but using new micro invasive and comparative analysis method of metal will allow to investigate the changes and the complementary embroideries and their different layers of time and to reconstruct the original concept of the garments. Considering the importance of the vestments for history and art history there will be a new vision on the times of Henry II and the time of the turn of the first millennium, new and advanced information on the development of late medieval cult of saints and emperors and a new view on the restaging of the vestments connected to the refocusing on traditional values in the early Bundesrepublik.