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Historical Archive: Wienhausen Nuns' Choir, south wing
access courtesy of Abbess Renate von Randow

beams dated around 1325 by dendrochronology
frescoes around 1335, renewed 1448 by 3 nuns all named Gertrude
overpaint removed and frescoes repainted 1867-68 by Heinrich Ludger Schrörer, restored 1990-94
windows remade 1863
Information on paintings is available in Sabine Wehking, Die Inschriften...Wienhausen, 2009.


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to east, with lamp for eternal light; altar of Mary 1519 		Click to enlarge.
to east/southeeast 		Click to enlarge.
to west/northwest with choir stalls and original wooden floor 		Click to enlarge.
north wall 		Click to enlarge.
above: God directs Noah to prepare for flood, Flood, new covenant with rainbow; below: deaths SS Catherine of Alexandria, Margaret, Agnes, Dorothy, coronation Theophilus, deaths SS Barbara, Agatha; left: St. Alexander of Rome, center: St. Maurice
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above: new covenant, Abraham and Isaac, Jacob's Ladder; below: deaths SS Barbara, Agatha, Cecilia, Lucy; left: St. Maurice, right: St. Christopher 		Click to enlarge.
creatures with St. Christopher: bears, dolphin, fish, sea harpy, triton, winged triton, hybrid. Not available in high resolution. 		Click to enlarge.
above: Abraham and Isaac, Jacob's Ladder, Moses and burning bush; below: deaths SS Cecilia and Lucy, Christ and Zacchaeus, Wienhausen; center: St. Christopher; right St. Michael 		Click to enlarge.
Kloster Wienhausen between seraphim 		Click to enlarge.
west vault: childhood of Christ
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vault: Passion 		Click to enlarge.
vault: Resurrection, Last Judgment 		Click to enlarge.
east vault: Heavenly Jerusalem 		Click to enlarge.
east vault: donors Agnes von Landsberg and Henry V with abbesses, noble women, a duke 		Click to enlarge.
east vault: donor etc., closer view
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eastern arch: dragons, labors of the months 		Click to enlarge.
south wall: day 2, creation of the firmament 		Click to enlarge.
day 3, creation of the plants 		Click to enlarge.
day 4, creation of the sun and moon (day and night) 		Click to enlarge.
day 5, creation of birds and fish
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day 6, creation of animals and man