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This page depicts a commemorative medal for Melchior Pfinzing (1481–1535), a provost (the high-ranking administrator) of St. Sebald's Church in Nuremberg. Pfinzing was a prominent diplomat and a key literary advisor to Emperor Maximilian I, most notably overseeing the publication of the Emperor's chivalric epic, Theuerdank.
MELCHIOR PFINZING, PROVOST OF SAINT SEBALD’S, NUREMBERG
original Latin: MELCHIOR PFINCZIG PREP · S · SEB · NORENB ·
IN THE 38TH YEAR OF HIS AGE
original Latin: AET ANNO XXXVIII; this indicates the medal was cast around 1519.
MY HOPE IS IN GOD.
original Latin: SPES MEA IN DEVM; this is the subject’s personal motto, accompanying the image of the allegorical figure of Hope (Spes) on the reverse (back side) of the medal.
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