Antiqvita tes & Res Aum Sect. III. 



to,qvod encauftohinc viridi inde violacco diftingvitur. Pendet uncias6i.fcu 

 4.ferelibras.De cornu Jioc , qvod paucis abliinc annis Oldcnburgi aflcrva- 

 tum fuit Hiftoriam feqventcm in Chronico iuo Hamelmannm narrat, ita 

 btine liic reddiram : Ottho pnmm ejmnominU, Comes Oldenburgtcm Gfr; ^ve- 

 nandi ftudio addt^m^ cum tempore qvodam, comttantthm aultcvs fiiis , in 

 njd^ "^tXnt^tm^jdlt^ dtBd.feram ferftqz^eretur mq^ ad Okv.btr^ eq^vo albo tnji- 

 dens , canes ^venaticos con^vocaturm in cacumine montts fubftitit, Calore Aftt^vQ 

 & labonbus fefjus hauftuhm^ q^vofittm lcvaret, impenjim exopta^vtt, AIox ru- 

 ftis montis OftnbCtg crepiSmbtis ^trgo formofa afparutt ^vefttbus pretiofts ful- 

 r gens , Jparfdper humeros comd Sf innexd captti corolld, cornu argenteum tnau- 

 ratuniy chara&^eribus "variis Jigurisqi, injigmtum liq^ore plenum, manu tenens^ 

 cpod Comiti blande obtultt^ Jimulqt, roga^tt^ ut neSare hoc Jitim fedaret, Accepit 

 cornuPrincepSjfed liqvorem ipfum, cifm turbulentum antmad^erteret, btbere recu- 

 fwvit. Ilia^ ^erd , bibe intreptde , inq^tt, medftde, haud obertt hauftus , fed Ttbi 

 potms tuisj^ magno ertt emolumento, Stemm q^vod offero btberps^fiorehttperpe* 

 tudfamtlia OldenburgicaTtbiq^ ac pofterttati Iji^z bene ertt , fin mtniisjurbabunt 

 domum Tuam difcordt^ ac fedtttones^ famtlta totapejfum tbtt. PettttmiVirginis 

 mnuere nolens Comes Itqnjorem omnem d tergo effudtt. ^verd ejm portio 



eqvum.cui infidebat, tettgtt^ glabra reddita eft cutk ac ptlis deftttuta, H^c ^tdens 

 nyirgo, cornu fibi reddipoftulabat. AttHe concttatd calcartbm eq^d ad fuos e volavft, 

 rem geftam exponens faElij^ teftem, cornu argenteum ojientans, ZJtrgo interea dtf 

 faruit, Qvamvisvero dignitas prifca artis fuforiae aliqvam in cornu hocfpiret 

 antiq vitatcm, eam tamen efle, ex qva Chr. Oldenb. Hamelm. part. 1. p. 1 9. 20. 21 

 protra(5lum vult, haud adeo verilimileeft. Cornu qvoddam, qvemadmodum 

 narrat Hamelmannus, Comiti Oldenburgico in venatione fitienti a Virgine, 

 qv^ ex monte prodierat, circa annum^g^ ^ut W^tnchelmannus hift. Oldenb. 

 part. I. c. 3. aflerit) offcrri potuifle non adeo inficiamur, fcd ex commentis 

 Romanorum antiqvis maximam hanc Hamelmannum haufifle hiftoriolae 

 partemoppido venfimile cft. Cornu pr^terea hoc Oldenburgicum qvoq^ 

 efle ex fcutis Oldenburgo-Delmenhorftis illi affixis facile Iiqvet, in qvibus 

 trabes vel aflercs fub apicis ornamentis & cruces domus Oldenburgic;:^ &: 

 Delmenhorftian^ paflim incif^ emicant: At confentiunt in eo hiftori^ OI- 

 d^^^burgicae conditores fere omnes, clypeum Oldenburgicum trabibus vel 

 afleribus iftis, nec tempore Comitis Othonis I. nec ante illud tempus exorna- 

 tum fuiflc, fed afleres illos (feupotius Iituras fangvinis leonini ) poft Leo- 

 machiam Fndertct filii Hunonis, gloriofo illi Hunoni, tum temporis S. Romani 

 Imperii Architedo ad mare conftituto, demum ab Imperatore Henrico IV. 

 qvi feculo undecimo imperavit, coUatosfuifle, qvemadmodum & ipfe fate- 

 tur Hamehnaannus part. I. chron. pag. 35. 37. Ergo Otthoni 1. qvi anteil- 

 la tcmpora vixerat, hoc cornu oblatum fiiifle minus redre memoratur, a- 

 deoq^j^r^terlapfishinc aliqvot fcculis demum fabricatum eft. Etenimncc 

 Ducatus Burgundi^ ad cornu affixum fcurum, qvod liliis Gallicis feculo dc- 

 mum 1 4 & 1 5 ita confperfum in figillis Philippi Audacis & Marise Malcan^ 

 rcfert Oh^artm Fredtm de figiUis Com. Flandr. pag. 63. 65. 66. 67. nec exaratis 

 in cornu literarumformse majorcmpraefeferunt antiqvitatem, qv^adeo ex- 

 aftelocisfuisinfculpt^efunt, utnullomodopostfufum cornu qvafi juniores 

 incif^ vidcantur. Qvi vero opcrculum, bafin feu pedamentum & fcuta cornu 

 hujus afFufadeinde&affixa eire contendunt, c^cmzdmodvmHappeltus 

 difficiJem imitationem artis fuforiae confiderare debent , qvse non patitur 

 tam affabre cornuhuic aUqvid affundi vdaffigi, qvin novaartificis raanuspro- 

 tinus dignofcatur,cujus vel minimum difcnmenartishujus peritiflimihaud ag- 



nolceiit. 



