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Founder figures in the Naumburg Cathedral, Count Syzzo

Naumburg Masterbetween 1245 and 1250

State Chancellery and Ministry of Culture of Sachsen-Anhalt

State Chancellery and Ministry of Culture of Sachsen-Anhalt
Magdeburg, Germany

He is the only bearded man who could point to a later age. In addition, he holds up his sword with his scabbard in a conspicuous way and his open mouth refers to a speech act. Perhaps these features indicate a judicial function. As in the case of Syzzo or Wilhelm von Camburg to his right, the inscriptions merely mention that he was a donator (donator, fundator).

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State Chancellery and Ministry of Culture of Sachsen-Anhalt

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