EditorialArchangel Michael as a soul scale, He stands on a piece of land on the right leg and with the left somewhat to one side. His body bends to the right, he has the right hand with the sword above his head, in the left he holds up the scales. the face is s...
EditorialPortraits of Magister Alanus de Insulis [Alan of Lille] and Pierre de Poitiers. Summa de Arte Praedicandi. Germany [Ottobeuren]; 1229-1248. Produced for Abbot Bertholdus for the Monastery of Ottobeuren in Bavaria. Source: Add. 19767, f.217. Language: L...
EditorialPentecost. A red hexagonal enclosure of stone or brick surrounds two tall blue towers with conical brown roofs, which are joined by a red-tiled roof with a ball at each end. Under this stand the twelve apostles, with Peter holding the key in the centre...
EditorialChurch of the Holy Trinity, Benedictine Abbey Ottobeuren, Bavaria. The monastery may have been founded as early as 764; Charlemagne added to its landed property. Present baroque facade 1744-1760.