Lichtgedanken 05

Rubrik 59 05 | LICHT GEDANKEN Bildergalerie Hapsburg family tree The coloured print and drawing from the Uni- versity’s Art Collection shows the family tree of Emperor Maximilian I. The family tree was cre- ated on two pieces of wood by Jörg Breus the Younger in around 1535. The work shows the Hapsburg within their network of European re- latives as well as a genealogy from the Emperor Friedrich I to Charles V. The 120-by-60-centi- metre work is made from high-quality materials (parchment on wood) and is lavishly coloured. It reached Jena from Wittenberg in the mid-16th century as a result of the relocation of the »Bib- liotheca Electoralis«. This and other outstanding objects from the University collections were displayed in the Thuringian state exhibition entitled »The Ernes- tines. A dynasty shapes Europe« in Weimar and Gotha in 2016. Ottoman coin This gold coin, which weighs just over a gram, is from the Oriental Coin Collection and was minted in Istanbul in 1730. The year 1730 (equi- valent to the year 1143 of the Islamic calendar) was the first year in the reign of Sultan Ma ḥ mūd I who claimed the formerly Christian city of Constantinople for the Islam. By specifying »Islāmbūl« as the mint, Ma ḥ mūd I highlighted the Islamic character of his reign. The coin is currently on loan at Voigtsberg Cast- le Museum in Oelsnitz, Germany, along with other exhibits from the Oriental Coin Collection. It can be seen in a special exhibition on the forerunners of industrialized carpet production until April 2019. Gallery