The gate of the year

Painting on the wooden ceiling of the Benedictine Church of St. Michael (Michaeliskirche), Hildesheim, Germany. The building has been established in the X century, while the painted wooden ceiling is datable to about 1230. Christ’s genealogy is described, beginning with the very progenitors of the whole of humanity, Adam and Eve, represented alongside the tree which was the cause of their fall. In the scene other trees are shown: one among them reveals Christ’s face among the branches. It is probably a depiction of the “Tree of Jesse”, a schematic representation of Jesus’ genealogy, which originates from king David’s father, Jesse.

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Painting on the wooden ceiling of the Benedictine Church of St. Michael (Michaeliskirche), Hildesheim, Germany. The building has been established in the X century, while the painted wooden ceiling is datable to about 1230. Christ’s genealogy is described, beginning with the very progenitors of the whole of humanity, Adam and Eve, represented alongside the tree which was the cause of their fall. In the scene other trees are shown: one among them reveals Christ’s face among the branches. It is probably a depiction of the “Tree of Jesse”, a schematic representation of Jesus’ genealogy, which originates from king David’s father, Jesse. [Image: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Nieders%C3%A4chsischer_Meister _001.jpg]