The Rood of Lübeck Cathedral

The monumental rood was completed in 1470–77 and inaugurated on the Feast of the Assumption of Mary on 15 August 1477. The cross was commissioned by Bishop Albert Krummedick of Lübeck, who is also depicted in the work. The rood constituted only one part of Krummedick’s donations: under the cross, the altar was located, rebuilt on the initiative of the bishop, dedicated to the Holy Cross and the 24 elders of the Book of Revelations. The bishop probably also foresaw the rood as his own tomb monument, as when he died in 1489, he was buried in front of the altar of the Holy Cross.

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