Bona ablata, an inventory of property stolen from George of Liechtenstein, prince-bishop of Trent (1390-1419)

Author

Booton, Diane E.

Document type

Article (journal)

Language

English

Source

Viator. 1995, Vol. 26, 241-264, 6 ill.

ISSN

0083-5897

Abstract (en)

Following a citizen uprising in 1407 against Prince-Bishop George of Liechtenstein, the count of Tirol, Frederick IV of Habsburg, seized control of the principality and forced the prince-bishop into exile. Comtal troops ransacked the episcopal residence, the Castello del Buonconsiglio, in Trent. An inventory of 1410 [transcribed here in an appendix] records some of the stolen property, including liturgical chalices and vestments, books and documents, and a silver table service. Though the inventory has been previously published, albeit most often in excerpt, it has not been studied in light of the culture, education, and patronage of the prince-bishop. Its contents suggest that George of Liechtenstein was a wealthy cleric of some learning who sought to preserve a princely lifestyle of Bohemian and German court taste in a provincial town far from the refinement of the Viennese court.

Subject (en)

• General history of art -- 1400-1800 -- Italy
• Georg von Liechtenstein-Nikolsburg, prince-bishop of Trento, ca.1360-1419
• Inventories (documents)
• Castello del Buonconsiglio||Trento (ITA)
• Furnishings
• Italy
• Patronage
• Theft
• Court art

Subject (fr)

• Histoire générale de l'art -- 1400-1800 -- Italie
• Inventaire (document)
• Castello del Buonconsiglio||Trento (ITA)
• Ameublement
• Italie
• Mécénat
• Vol
• Art de cour

Origin

DatabaseBHA (Inist-CNRS/GRI)

Identifier19960401-00284857

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