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A wheel chandelier is a lighting installment, in the form of a chandelier hanging from the ceiling in the form of a spoked wheel. The oldest and most important examples derive from the Romanesque period Wheel chandeliers were made for the practical purpose of lighting the great churches and other public areas, but in religion they also had symbolic significance, depicting the Garden of Eden or the Kingdom of God. The wheel, its gates, and its towers, which are usually decorated with Prophets and Apostles or inscribed with their names, symbolise the city walls of the New Jerusalem. The buttresses, towers, and candles number twelve or a multiple of twelve, after the numerology of the Book of Revelation. This symbolism is first found on two wheel chandeliers of the Hildesheim Cathedral.〔Sedlmayr (Lit.), S. 125-128〕 The great wheel chandelier of the Church of the Holy Sepulcher was an inspiration.〔Gallistl (Lit.), S. 44-45; 76-79〕 ==Romanesque wheel chandeliers== In Germany there are four great Romanesque wheel chandeliers. The fact that they are made from fire-gilt copper and not from pure gold has saved them from being melted down. They were decorated with Prophets and angels in silver and with precious gemstones, but for the most part these have been lost. *The Barbarossa chandelier in Aachen Cathedral is attributted to Frederick Barbarossa (1122 - 1190). *Hartwig's chandelier in Comburg, Schwäbisch Hall, with a 5 metre diameter, from the 12th century (also called ''Himmlische Jerusalem''(Heavenly Jerusalem) with saints and soldiers in the towers. *Hezilo chandelier in Hildesheim Cathedral with a 6 metre diameter, a donation of Bishop Hezilo of Hildesheim (1054–79). *Azelin chandelier in Hildesheim Cathedral with a donation inscription of Bishop Thietmar of Hildesheim (1038–44). 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Wheel chandelier」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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