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...monuments dating from the thirteenth century and illustrating the transition from the Romanesque to the Gothic period. The monuments which have been added to the group of similar status already in the Museum, are the figures of Abraham and Melchisedec from the Transept of the former Augustinian Church of Wechselburg in Saxony. Both of these figures, mediaeval symbols of secular and ecclesiastical authority, are remarkable examples of human characterization. Abraham is represented as wielding the sword against the hostile powers of the world, while Melchisedec is shown carrying a cup of libation for spiritual evils. Placed against the same wall...
...apostles and prophets from Strassburg Cathedral; a relief of the Last Judgement and the figures of the Church Triumphant and Synagogue Defeated from Bamberg Cathedral; six busts of Patriarchs and Saints from the Monastery of Blaubeuren; two 13th century statues of Abraham and Melchisedek from the church at Wechselburg; a 16th century Crucifixion from St. James Church at Lubeok; and the centrepiece of Bruggemann's High Altar at Schleswig Cathedral...
...have succeeded in this. Nowhere else but in our Museum, not even in Germany, is there to be found such an impressive representation of early German architectural sculpture. Romanesque sculpture and architecture are fully brought to view by the Hildesheim monuments, the Augsburg bronze gates, the Braunsehweig Lion, the Wechselburg pulpit and Crucifixion groups, the Strassburg Death of Mary, the sculptures from Bamberg cathedral, and the wonderful Golden Gate of Freiberg. Of the height of mediaeval sculpture represented in our museum it may suffice to single out the colossal Rood-screen and the twelve statues of Founders of Naumburg cathedral...
...giving ample opportunity for placing properly the many specimens of early mediaeval art in our possession. This hall will contain, among other notable works, the colossal Bernward Column and the bronze gates of Hildesheim Cathedral, the bronze gates of Augsburg Cathedral, the pulpit and the Crucifixion group of Wechselburg, the choir screen of St. Michael's at Hildesheim, the Bamberg sculptures, the smaller portal of the Church of Our Lady at Treves. At its further end, raised a few steps above the floor level, there will be placed the Golden Gate of Freiberg Cathedral, in such a manner...
...Germanic Museum has recently received plaster replicas of two famous groups. One work, representing the Crucifixion, is modelled after a part of the altar in the church at Wechselburg, Saxony, and is a gift of the Germanic Museum Association. The other, which was given by Fairmount Park Art Association of Philadelphia, is a replica of an equestrian group which stands in front of the Royal Museum at Berlin, sculptured by August Kiss...