Virginia Theological Seminary

St. Nicholas Altar Wings - 1485

Marienkirche, Mühlhausen, Germany

These two wings are from the Nicholasaltar in the Marienkirche, Muhlhausen, Germany. The altar, not fully preserves, dates from around 1485 and the two wings remain. It depicts twelve scenes from the life and miracles of Saint Nicholas. Marienkirche has been a museum since 1975, though it is still used for concerts and Protestant services on Easter, Whit Monday, town fair, Reformation Day and Christmas Eve.

St Nicholas life scene
Birth of Nicholas         Baptism of Nicholas
St Nicholas life scene
Nicholas goes to school         Miracle of the withered hand
St Nicholas life scene
Nicholas praying at church in Myra         Consecration of Nicholas as Bishop of Myra
St Nicholas life scene
Nicholas giving dowry money         Miracle of grain during famine
St Nicholas life scene
Death of Nicholas         Saving pilgrims from demon's oil
St Nicholas life scene
Saving innocent soldiers         Saving pickled children
St Nicholas altar wings
The two wings from the Nikolausaltar

Photos: ErwinMeier, Wikimedia Commons, used under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International license.

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