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Abtei-Stele - Werke der Barmherzigkeit

Abbey Stele - Works of Mercy

Ulrich Henn
1990

Herford / Abtei-Stele - Werke der Barmherzigkeit

Description

3.3 m high stylized tree entwined with seven root strangs which open in seven compartments and than join again into a cup, open to the word. In the seven compartments are seven images, six of them show the works of mercy (Matthew 25: 31-16):

Nackte kleiden / To clothe the naked.
Kranke pflegen / To visit the sick.
Gefangene besuchen / To visit the imprisoned.
Durstige tränken / To give drink to the thirsty.
Fremde beherbergen / To harbour the harbourless.
Hungrige speisen / To feed the hungry.
The seventh image shows a nun teaching three children, symbolizing the task of mankind to spread the Christian faith.

1. Nackte kleiden / To clothe the naked.	2. Kranke pflegen / To visit the sick.	3. Gefangene besuchen / To visit the imprisoned.
4. Durstige tränken / To give drink to the thirsty.	5. Fremde beherbergen / To harbour the harbourless.	6. Hungrige speisen / To feed the hungry
7. a nun teaching three children, symbolizing the task of mankind to spread the Christian faith.

Sculptor

Ulrich Henn (Schwäbisch Hall 1925), German sculptor of religious art (Wikipedia).

Sources & Information

Herford, Stadtführung, Denkmale.

Location (N 52°6'55" - E 8°40'14")

Item Code: denw295; Photograph: 2 April 2014
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