This paper explores the interest of Charles IV of Luxembourg (1316–1378), King of Bohemia and Holy Roman Emperor, in collecting gemstones, which has hitherto been little studied. It analyses this interest in connection with the fourteenth-century French royal court, and especially with the collecting activities of Charles V of Valois (1338–1380), King of France. Both of these sovereigns had an interest in ancient gems and they used them in the same manner; their practices prove to have been inspired by the reinvented traditions of the saintly Capetian monarch Louis IX, King of France, and of the ancient Roman Empire. This study shows how Charles of Luxembourg and Charles of Valois sought out and used precious and semi-precious stones as instruments of their royal self-images and claims to power.

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奇妙对象的功率：卢森堡的查尔斯IV，瓦和其宝石查理五世

本文探讨了卢森堡的查理四世（1316-1378 年）、波西米亚国王和神圣罗马帝国皇帝在收集宝石方面的兴趣，而这方面迄今为止鲜有研究。它分析在第十四世纪的法国宫廷连接这种兴趣，特别是与瓦卢瓦的查尔斯五世（1338至1380年），法国国王的征集活动。这两个主权国曾在古代宝石的兴趣，他们用他们以同样的方式; 他们的实践证明已被圣洁的卡佩国王路易九世，法国国王的彻底改造传统启发，古罗马帝国的。这项研究表明卢森堡和瓦卢瓦的查尔斯查尔斯如何找到并使用宝石和半宝石作为他们的皇家自我形象的手段和索赔权力。