Thursday, December 20, 2012

Verkündigung Mariä (Annunciation Maria)

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GOSLAR TOWN HALL INTERIOR, 1505-1520, GOSLAR TOWN HALL GOSLAR GERMANY


AROUND THE WORLD AND THROUGH THE CENTURIES WITH THE UNBORN 
CHRIST CHILD

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Goslar Town Hall

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Goslar Town Hall Interior

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Verkündigung Mariä

The Huldigungssaal in Goslar town hall was built from 1505 to 1520 as a Council Chamber. Here is a unique gem of late Gothic art : walls, ceiling and even the window recesses are completely lined with paintings. Varied carved tendrils crown the individual whiteboards. Each and every painting is a work of art that fits in with the overwhelming impression.. It took many years but the Huldigungssaal has now been restored, with security, climate and lighting upgraded to keep this unique ensemble of artwork in pristine condition.

"The Word took possession of her chaste womb, where He was to dwell for nine months the first nine months of His sojourn on this earth. And in that temple He at once began His work, that of loving God with a human heart......All His perfect acts of love, of praise, of reverence, of service, His acts of patience and humility, of meekness and suffering, of sacrifice and mort ification and all the rest, passed up to God through Mary. From that sacred temple a fragrant incense was continually rising to heaven "a sweet smelling savor", sweeter than either earth or heaven had ever known before. For all those acts were perfect in God's sight, worthy of His acceptance; they were the acts of a perfect man. And they were also infinite because they were at the same time the acts of God Himself." Mother St. Paul, Nativitas Christi (London: Longmans, Green and Co. Ltd., 1937), 145


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