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Historical Archive: Lisbjerg Altar rectangular altar frontal, retable, and arch from Lisbjerg Church, eastern Jutland, Denmark Crucifix c.1100-1125, perhaps from another part of the church frontal core dated around 1135 by dendrochronology: frontal, retable, and arch c.1135-50 gilded copper sheets in repoussé relief with émail brun over oak core Virgin and Child each separately cast bronze; Mary possible import frontal 101 x 158 cm (39.76 x 60 inches); retable 40.5 x 160 cm (16 x 63"); corpus 57 cm (22.4") Copenhagen, National Museum of Denmark, D 287 Latin inscription on arch: In this sign of the Cross is offered the healing of the tree. By this is healed man, to whom the apple brought shame. You see, man, what wounds I bear for your sake: Believe and doubt not. My death is your life. Without knowledge of his Creator, man is but a beast. Latin inscription along top of frontal: I urge you to enter rest as you still have time, so it does not happen that, when the doors are closed, my ear will not hear you Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world, the Lord shall say full ensemble with person for scale oblique view from left oblique view from right angel, St. Cosmas, Mary, Christ, John the Evangelist, St. Damian, angel corpus corpus, oblique view; horizontal cross arms modern corpus, bust corpus, lower body angel or symbol of Matthew and base of cross bases of arch and cross, top of retable, oblique view retable, oblique view soul/Lazarus in the bosom of Abraham, base of arch below Abraham: saint, and rich man or Lazarus?; interlace; animal/foliate frieze at top of frontal Abraham and Isaac, base of arch below Abraham and Isaac: saint with cross, woman and child; dragon; animal/foliate frieze at top of frontal Christ between Apostles, retable Sun and Moon flanking Christ Apostles to viewers' right full frontal center right panels, frontal symbol of John, frontal top left basilisk, animal combat, armed centaur: frontal top left Lamb of God, frontal top center animal combat frieze, frontal top right symbol of Matthew, frontal top right Hope and Peace (with book inscribed Pax), above inscriptions naming Peace and Hope; figures probably moved unidentified Virtues Virgin and Child with cherubim in the Heavenly Jerusalem Virgin and Child, showing rock crystal on Mary's chest center of frontal, oblique view Moses; Annunciation top of Heavenly Jerusalem: souls praising God soul taken to heaven; Jonah/Jonas cherub with wheel Saints Brigid of Kildare and Thecla Charity/Love; Modesty unidentified Virtues animal interlace, right edge Elijah; Dormition of the Virgin; two saints, probably prophets; Virgin's soul taken to heaven, or Assumption; Joshua symbol of Luke, frontal bottom right