AHIS 120gp Lecture Notes - Lecture 18: Aisle, Foot Washing, Bernward Of Hildesheim
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Nave of the chuch of st cyriakus gernrode: otto the seconds wife. Otto the first united the easterns and western empire. By this time thee are monestaries for women. Most of the nuns of this time would have come from the nobility. Gernrode, the okane has doubles apeses and copying the plan of st gal. What is new is the way the wall is treated. This building is similar to the plan of st gal. Garo crucifix cologne: is one of the earliest crucifixions we have. In this case, the cruxificition is 6ft 2 inches tall and is made of wood (oak) gilded and painted. There was a 1976 estoration of the cross. It was believed that there was an opening behind his head. The story originated about a relicuary because in a text it says archbishop gero made a crucific made out of wood. He is seen defeated, and his eyes closed.
