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Main portal, eagles
late Romanesque workshoparound 1200
State Chancellery and Ministry of Culture of Sachsen-Anhalt
Magdeburg, Germany
Look at the capitals carefully! There eagles bite and claw headlong into the neck rings of the columns! The eagle is a symbol of Christ. And the ring has neither beginning nor end, it is infinite. In this combination, the eagle and the ring in their pictorial language add up to the statement: “God is eternal”.
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- Title: Main portal, eagles
- Creator: late Romanesque workshop
- Date Created: around 1200
- Location Created: Naumburg
- Original Source: Vereinigte Domstifter zu Merseburg und Naumburg und des Kollegiatstifts Zeitz
- Rights: Vereinigte Domstifter zu Merseburg und Naumburg und des Kollegiatstifts Zeitz, F. Matte
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