Bernward van Hildesheim is in 960 gebore en is in 993, op die ouderdom van 33, as die biskop van Hildesheim ingesweer. Dit is hierdie gebeurtenis, wat 1000 jaar gelede plaasgevind het, wat vanjaar herdenk word. Meer spesifiek word daar vanjaar in middeleeuse kringe hulde gebring aan Bernward se bydrae as teoloog-kunstenaar en beskermheer van die kunste tot sowel die sierkuns as die beeldhoukuns en die argitektuur van die Ottoniese era.
Bernward of Hildesheim was born in 960 and in 993, at the age of 33, he was sworn in as the Bishop of Hildesheim. This event, which took place 1000 years ago, is commemorated this year. More specifically, the contribution that Bernward as theologian-artist and patron of the arts made to the decorative arts, sculpture and architecture of the Ottonian era, is remembered in medieval circles during 1993.
