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RELIGIOUS ICONOGRAPHY
Old Testament / Genesis / Jacob / Jacob's dream of the ladder (Gen. 28:11-22) / Jacob sees in his dream the angels ascending and descending the ladder (Gen. 28:12-15)
Old Testament / Wisdom (A.V. Wisdom of Solomon) / Sap. 10:17: (Sapientia ..) et in luce stellarum per noctem (she was to them ... for the light of stars by night)
Old Testament / Jeremias (A.V. Jeremiah) / Calling Vision (Hier. 1) / The rod watching and the burning cauldron (Hier. 1:11-13)
Old Testament / Zacharias (A.V. Zechariah) / God's promise to live with Israel (Quia ecce ego venio, et habitabo in medio tui, Sing praise, and rejoice; for behold I come, and I will dwell in the midst of thee, Zach. 2:10)
Old Testament / Zacharias (A.V. Zechariah) / Vision of the High Priest Jesus (Zach. 3) / God puts before the High Priest Jesus a stone with seven eyes (Zach. 3:9)
Life of Christ / Ministry / Parables / The talents (Lc. 19:11-26) / The third servant hiding his one talent
Virgin Mary / Iconography of the Virgin Mary / Miraculous Images / Birkenstein / History of the Pilgrimage / A priest dreams of the Virgin Mary promising her graces at the Birkenstein, two men had similar dreams - a new altar of the Virgin is built in the parish church, the donour receives the old statue
SOCIAL LIFE
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At the left of the central scene dream of the priest, at the right the priest and two men discovering that they had similar dreams, in the centre the donour of the new altar in the parish church carrying the old statue home
Artist or creator
Date
1761
Location
Associated persons
Berthold Kress (Photographer (digital))
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