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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...

Central cupola of Mariazell pilgrimage church,         
1644-1683
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Central cupola of Mariazell pilgrimage church, 1644-1683

Fresco in the apse of St. Peter and Paul, Reichenau.   
Christ in the mandorla, surrounded by the symbols      
of the evangelists, Saints Peter and Paul and angels.  
Prophets and apostles in two rows of arcades.          
Around 1100
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Fresco in the apse of St. Peter and Paul, Reichenau. Christ in the mandorla,...

Christ appeases the storm on Lake Galilee.             
Mark 4,35-41.                                          
From the center nave of St. George's church,           
9th or 10th century.
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Christ appeases the storm on Lake Galilee. Mark 4,35-41....

The last Judgement; from the West-apse                 
of St. George's church, Oberzell.
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The last Judgement; from the West-apse of St. George's church,...

The last Judgement: Christ in his glory,               
surrounded by angels.                                  
From the west wall of the monastery church             
(around 800), Muestair.
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The last Judgement: Christ in his glory, surrounded by angels....

Apostles surround Christ in his glory;                 
from the Last Judgement, west wall of the              
Monastery church, Muestair.                            
Around 800
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Apostles surround Christ in his glory; from the Last Judgement,...

Apostles surround Christ in his glory;                 
from the Last Judgement, West wall of the              
Monastery church in Muestair.                          
Around 800
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Apostles surround Christ in his glory; from the Last Judgement,...

The Flight to Egypt; from the north wall               
of the monastery church in Muestair.                   
Around 800
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The Flight to Egypt; from the north wall of the monastery church...

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...