Duces Saxoniae electores ex Marchionibus Misniae.

Title

Duces Saxoniae electores ex Marchionibus Misniae.

Description

Double page from the family tree of the Saxon emperors from 1156 - 1695, with beautiful decorated with coat of arms and floral elements. On the botom tree a total view of Meissen.

ca. 1626

Artist

Albizzi (1547-1626)

Antonio Albizzi (1547 - 1626 ). Writer, jurist and genealogist from a noble Florentine family. Albizzi was born in Florence. Little is known about his life. In 1576 he was in the service of Cardinal Archduke Andrew of Austria. In 1585 he converted to Lutheranism. From 1608 he spent the rest of his life in the Protestant imperial city of Kempten (Bavaria), where he died in 1626.

Historical Description

Meissen (formerly Misnia, Misena) is the district town of the county of the same name in the Free State of Saxony. In Meissen existed since 1205 the Augustinian Canons' Monastery of St. Afra, a Benedictine monastery, the Holy Cross Monastery, probably existed already since the end of the 12th century. In the course of the Reformation, which was not introduced in Meißen until 1539, the three monasteries were dissolved and a city school was established in the former Franciscan monastery. For a long time, Meissen's economy was dominated by the cloth-making industry, which, however, came to a virtual standstill during the Thirty Years' War. In 1710, under August the Strong, the porcelain manufactory was opened, which set new impulses and thus became internationally famous. The production of Meissen porcelain was the first European porcelain produced since 1708. The name of the city with double s ("Meissen") is a registered trademark of the State Porcelain Manufactory Meissen.