Born: 1139, Germany
Died: 21 January 1203
Country most active: Germany
Also known as: Agnese, Agnes of Meissen
The following is excerpted from A Cyclopædia of Female Biography, published 1857 by Groomsbridge and Sons and edited by Henry Gardiner Adams.
Abbess of Quedlinburg was one of the most distinguished artists of the twelfth century, excelling both in miniature painting and embroidery. Among her works, some of which are still extant, is a piece of tapestry, in which the following Latin verses are wrought.
“Alme Dei vates, decus hoc tibi contulit Agnes,
Gloria Pontiticum, famularum suscipe votum.”