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Edited by Reiner Hausherr, this four-volume work accompanied the major Stuttgart exhibition devoted to the Hohenstaufen period and surveys its history, art, and material culture. The volumes contain scholarly studies and catalogue entries covering the dynasty, political and religious life, architecture, sculpture, manuscripts, metalwork, coins, jewelry, and other surviving objects of the twelfth and thirteenth centuries. Volume 1 is the catalogue with descriptions for the plates in Volume 2. Text in German. Volume 2 - plates in color and bw. Volume 3 - images of and text (in German) about cast and carved religious images, floor plans and photographs of churches, cathedrals, and castles.