MAKE A MEME
View Large Image
| View Original: | BLW Romanesque Tabernacle - detail (1).jpg (3264x2448) | |||
| Download: | Original | Medium | Small | Thumb |
| Courtesy of: | commons.wikimedia.org | More Like This | ||
| Keywords: BLW Romanesque Tabernacle - detail (1).jpg Tabernacle detail circa 1180 Cologne Lower Rhine Germany Gilded bronze and copper on a wooden core with champlev� enamel and walrus ivory Probably from the church of St Pantaleon <br /> <br /> This tour de force of Romanesque goldsmiths' work and carving combined widely varied foliage patterns with figures that are classically inspired Its function has been much debated The iconography or subject matter centres on Christ's redemption of mankind fulfilling Old Testament prophecy This indicates that the tabernacle probably housed the consecrated bread for the Mass Adam Morgan Victoria and Albert Museum http //www vam ac uk/ 7650-1861 http //collections vam ac uk/item/O81507/tabernacle-eltenberg-reliquary-tabernacle/ PD Metalwork by Mosan workshops Romanesque art Tabernacles in the United Kingdom Interior of St Pantaleon Köln | ||||
.jpg){kind=link}
