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East choir, unfinished tympanum of the Naumburg Master

Naumburg Master13th century

State Chancellery and Ministry of Culture of Sachsen-Anhalt

State Chancellery and Ministry of Culture of Sachsen-Anhalt
Magdeburg, Germany

With the representation of the Lamb of God with the cross staff surrounded by tendrils of the tree of life, beginning 13th century, peculiarities:
- Lamb: most frequent symbol of God
- Tree of life: special form of the motif tree (e.g. “tree of life”), here an independent motif of salvation
- one of the best sculptures from the late Romanesque period in this region

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State Chancellery and Ministry of Culture of Sachsen-Anhalt

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