Questions that pictures pose, 6: A partnership of equals – a utopian idea?
In the Gospel Book of Henry the Lion, the illumination of the Easter event takes up a full page. The event is depicted as if in a “collage”. The illustration of the two figures Ecclesia and Synagoga in the lower corner medallions is a unique testimony to their existential togetherness.
Questions that pictures pose, 5: Law and grace
A certain picture-type, which has been formative in particular in German Protestantism is called “Lex et Gratia” – i.e. presentations of “Law and Grace”. This picture-type could also serve to devalue the Old Testament.
Questions that pictures pose, 4: The figure of the synagogue – banished underneath the staircase
The St. Kastulus minster in Moosburg an der Isar contains a detail at the neo-Gothic pulpit staircase, which reflects the relationship between Church and Synagogue.
Questions that paintings pose, 3: The unveiled Synagogue as objection
Another motif of objection against anti-Jewish attitudes can be found in medieval illuminations, e.g. in a depiction of the “tree of Jesse” in the Lambeth Bible (12th century).
Questions that paintings pose, 2: The Jewish hat as a form of objection
Bruno Alber presents three examples that rose objections against Christian anti-Judaism, one in the Cathedral of Augsburg, and two from medieval illuminated manuscripts.
Questions that paintings pose, 1: Rabbi Jesus on the run
What does the picture show us, painted in the form and size of an altarpiece?