A few hours in Munich (page 12/16)

Grandfather Clock 2

Grandfather Clock 2

This clock in the apse is maybe 20 metres (60 feet) tall.

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Grandfather Clock 3

Grandfather Clock 3

This clock in the apse is maybe 20 metres (60 feet) tall.

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Side-chapel with dangling figures

Side-chapel with dangling figures

Sculpture dangling from the walls in this side-chapel.

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Art object

Art object

An object on the wall, ornately painted, surmounted by a crucificx. The date above the skull at the motto is (I think) 1576. there are also a clock and an hour-glass by the skull. [more...]

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Chandelier and Organ Pipes

Chandelier and Organ Pipes

A line of chandeliers leads to the organ pipes, seen between two pillars of the Nave.

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Inscription

Inscription

At the end of the Apse are steps leading down to a chamber, possibly a chapter house, with an inscription that probably lists previous bishops. The earliest date I see is 1294. [more...]

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Triptych

Triptych

A painting behind an altar in the crypt or chapter-house place.

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East Window

East Window

The huge tall stained East Window of the church, with candles burning at its base..

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Bishop

Bishop

A bishop or cardinal with an ornate curved crook.

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Inscription

Inscription

It starts, Anno D[omi]ni M CCCLVIIII, i.e. 1459.

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Dying man 1

Dying man 1

An almost-naked man fastened to a cross with nails through his hands and feet. Actually in the Bible he was naked (see Matthew 27:35).

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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.

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