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A few hours in Munich (page 13/16)

[picture: Dying man 2]

Dying man 2

An almost-naked man fastened to a cross with nails through his hands and feet, and with barbed wire round his head.

[picture: Painted panel illustrating Psalm 109]

Painted panel illustrating Psalm 109

A naked begger holds out a bowl and reaches up to a richly-dressed man on a horse; the rider reaches down not with alms but with a sword. Possibly the text is Let there be none to extend mercy unto him. [more...]

[picture: Painted panels]

Painted panels

Three panels (right-hand one, left-hand one, centre one) and a caption that seems to give a date of 1544 or 1550. [more...]

[picture: Painted panel: Riderless horse]

Painted panel: Riderless horse

A 16th century (I think) panel showing a knight who fell off his horse.

[picture: Centre panel]

Centre panel

Painted panel showing an almost-naked man with a cloak and loin cloth standing on a skeleton and (I think) a devil with a mask. The man bears the stigmata, the marks of the nails of cross, on his hands and feet, showing that he is Jesus. [more...]

[picture: Bronze Triptych with Candles 1]

Bronze Triptych with Candles 1

Three bronze panels in a side-chapel, with devotional candles.

[picture: Bronze Triptych with Candles 2]

Bronze Triptych with Candles 2

Three bronze panels in a side-chapel, with devotional candles. A closer view.

[picture: Blurry writing]
[picture: Inscription]

Inscription

Franciscus Cardinalis Bettinger

I think it is dated 1917.

[picture: Cardinal Bettinger]

Cardinal Bettinger

The whole monument

[picture: Votive candles 1]

Votive candles 1

Close-up of votive candles in a Roman Catholic church in Germany.

[picture: Votive candles 2]

Votive candles 2

Close-up of votive candles in a Roman Catholic church in Germany. Someone lights a candle from the central flame.


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