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Tuesday, May 13, 2008

The Altar of Holy Blood





Tilman Riemenschneider (ca. 1460–1531)
Heilig-Blut-Altar (Holy Blood Altar), (1501-1505)
St. Jakobus Church
Rothenburg ob der Tauber, Franconia, Bavaria


The altar was commissioned so as to hold a relic of the Precious Blood.

The altar shows the Last Supper, the arrival of Jesus in Jerusalem and the scene at the Mount of Olives.

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