Curb Bit of Johannes Philip of Lamberg, Bishop of Passau (1651-1712) dated 1702 German This bit belonged to Johannes Philip of Lamberg (1652 - 1712) who was Count of Lamberg, canon priest of Passau, Salzburg, and Olomouc, and imperial counselor. He became bishop of Passau and Prince of the Holy Empire in 1689, cardinal-priest in 1700, and finally cardinal of San Silvestro in Capite in 1701. The long purchases are decorated with two collared bracke dogs holding a mitre (the bracke dog is the heraldic device the Pottwein family, to which Johannes Philip was related). Each oval comb is bearing the heraldic wolf of Passau, with a pivoting scrolling ornament terminating with an acorn (on each comb a second hole, now empty, could have received another one). The traditional lower loops are entirely covered by the embossed and chiseled great arms of Philip of Lamberg, in a heart-shape shield topped and surrounded by a cardinal's hat, a cross, a sword and a crosier. If the twisted shanks and th