The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-12-31
A woMAN's REMARKABLE BUST.
The Petrihed Body of Noble German
Found in a Sehlettstadt Tomb.
From the New York Tribune.

From the New York Tribune.
In the studio of Herr Stienne, in Stras-
burg, was placed on exhibition recently
the bust of woman which has attracted
widespread attention in Germany, and
been the subject OF numerous articles by
archeologists, and of much study by
scientists and physicians.
In the spring of 1892 workmen were en-
ployed to repair the famous old church of
st. Fides, in Schlettstadt, Alsace. The
church was founded by Hohenstaufen in
1924, and was long the burial place of the
great families of the city and neighbor-
hood Under the choir in a part of the
church built originally in 1924 by Hide
garde Won Schwa ben, the wife Of Frede-
ric Won Bueren and the grandmother of
Frederick Barbarossa, the laborers came
across a number of tombs. Ono of these
was apparently of much later oOustruc-
tlOn than the other, dating from some
time in the seventeenth century. Upon
opening it body in most remarkable
state of preservation was found. The
face and bust had become petrihed and
the features were as natural as life I'M
fortunately the lower part Of the figure
could not be found The right arm was
pressed tightly against the breast and the
left hand was perfectly preserved. Tho
NAObAAlAlN u but hbdbut-AOTIlSG HuONeI tilAh
the woman was one of quality of the
eleventh century, so that The discovery
was interesting from an historical and
archaeological, as well as from physical,
point of view.
According to the report Of Herr Wink
Ter, councillor OF buildings In Kolmar,o
says DR. Gustav A. Muller, in a recent
article on the subject, "we can say with
certainty that the body was placed orig
inally in wooden coiiin, and soon after
the woman's death mortar of some kind
was poured over her. This soon hardened,
as the marvellous preservation Of the.
facial features shows. The reason for
this use OF mortar, or cement, was with
out much doubt because the woman had
died from some contagious disease,
although lime was used also for pure san
itary reasons in many cloister vaults.
"Mr Sticnne has done excel
lent work in restoring this natural bust,
especially its left side, which was worn.
Prof. Anton Seder, as we are convinced
by a personal examination, does no I say
too much when he writes What deep
impression this figure made upon me, |
cannot described Remuneration of all
worldly passions is the chief character
istic of this beautiful face, which, TO an
observer Of fine feelings, seems, the
longer he looks at IL, to be vision from
the other world.
"Who is this woman with her noble
features, the two braids OF hair wound
about her head, the long white chemise Of
the finest linen, the beautiful wooden
Jacket, the linen Undertaking and the
costly mantle resent bling that Of a nun
From the clothing aud the way the hair
is worn, Prof Seder has proved that
the woman lived in the eleventh or
twelfth century. He estimates the age
n n fn
This estimate precludes the possibility
that it is the body of Hildegarde, the
founder of churches, who died at n much
greater age. IL Is much more probably
that of Hildegarde's noble daughter, the
Duchess Of Adelheld, who acted as
nurse in the days Of the plague. History
also tells US that Hildegarde las also, in
all probability, her daughter) died from
the plague, and tradition says that she
nun Q h11 rinn In Sch Lott afndf y