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Main altar by Longhena, Church degli Scalzi 1689
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Main altar by Longhena, Church degli Scalzi 1689

Main altar, church dei Gesuati (Jesuit church) 1730
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Main altar, church dei Gesuati (Jesuit church) 1730

In the center of the baroque main altar of the Augustinian Canons' church in Polling, Bavaria, the legendary "Tassilo-Cross",named after Bavarian Duke Tassilo (748-780). Watercolour on horse-hide, around 1230.
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In the center of the baroque main altar of the Augustinian Canons' chur...

"Frauenaltar", Saint Mary's altar, Abbey of the Augustinian Canons of Vorau. Before 1730.
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"Frauenaltar", Saint Mary's altar, Abbey of the Augustinian Canon...

Apostles grieve around the coffin of Saint Mary, detail of the main altar, abbey of the Augustinian Canons of Vorau, 1704
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Apostles grieve around the coffin of Saint Mary, detail of the main altar...

Votive chapel with "Saint Mary of Mariazell", a miraculous image considered the "Magna Mater Austriae".Silver altar by P.J.Drentwett,Augsburg,1727. The Mariazell Madonna is a Romanesque statue clothed in varying embroidered brocade gowns.
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Votive chapel with "Saint Mary of Mariazell", a miraculous image consi...

The Flight to Egypt. 153 painted, square wooden panels, each roughly 90 x 90 cm, form the ceiling of St. Martin's church in Zillis. 1109-1114
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The Flight to Egypt. 153 painted, square wooden panels, each roughly 90...

Judas receives payment for his treachery (top) Saint Peter cuts Malchus' ear off (bottom). From the 153 square, wooden panels, 90 x 90 cm each, which form the ceiling of St. Martin's church in Zillis. 1109-1114
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Judas receives payment for his treachery (top) Saint Peter cuts Malchu...

King David (top); Saint Joseph's doubts (bottom). The panels forming the border of the ceiling of St. Martin's church, Zillis, show water and fantastic water creatures, just as medieval maps show the earth surrounded by the sea. 1109-1114
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King David (top); Saint Joseph's doubts (bottom). The panels forming the...

One of the watersprites which form the outer border of the ceiling of St. Martin in Zillis (top); King Rehoboam, son of King Solomon (bottom). From the 153 square wooden panels, 90x90 cm each, which form the ceiling of St. Martin in Zillis. 1109-1114
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One of the watersprites which form the outer border of the ceiling of St. M...

Christ praying on the Mount of Olives (left), the sleeping disciples (right). From the 153 panels, 90 x 90 cm each, which form the ceiling of St. Martin's church in Zillis. 1109-1114
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Christ praying on the Mount of Olives (left), the sleeping disciples...

Jesse asleep, panel from the wooden ceiling in St. Michael, Hildesheim. The ceiling shows the Tree of Jesse. Early 13th
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Jesse asleep, panel from the wooden ceiling in St. Michael, Hildesheim....