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on a magnificent Renaissance monument. A long line of people emerge from a hole in the background, enter a baptismal building and leave it dressed in white, set on the way to the palace of the church. From there they split into individuals dressed as laypeople, who receive the sacraments in their
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until January 2010. During the renovation of the cathedral (2010–2014) the three panels were on display in a reconstructed frame in the
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various types of life, and those who leave the bosom of the church and sink into the ground at the bottom of the picture.
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Ernst von Wrisberg. The original frame did not survive. However, copies were created and subsequently hidden during the
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The heavenly and earthly churches as well as the church and the sacraments are bound together with iron chains.
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and the other sacraments and through them to humanity. In the centre, a woman in red wearing a
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flows from the wounds of the crucified Jesus, as the second person of the
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The most novel portion is the central panel. This serves as a painted
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Image of the three panels of the epitaph in the reconstructed frame
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There are six sacraments beyond the "entrance way" of
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style have the same format. The outer panels show the
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triptych
Hildesheim
Johannes Hopffe
epitaph
Domherr
Second World War
Hildesheim Cathedral
Weserrenaissance-Museum
Schloss Brake
Lemgo
Mannerist
Nativity
Resurrection
Italian Renaissance
catechism
Catholic reform
ecclesiology
sacramental
Council of Trent
Counter-Reformation
Grace
Trinity
God the Father
Holy Spirit
baptismal font
papal tiara
personification
Church
baptism

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