1516 wood ceiling art, St. George's Abbey Museum, Stein am Rhein, Switzerland

Picture medallions (1508-1516) decorate the net-like pattern of the original wood ceiling in the Abbot's Lower Chambers in the David Building. The medallions refer to the Physiologus, an early Christian (100-300s AD) book that described plants, stones and animals and allegories of salvation through Christ. St. George's Abbey (Kloster Sankt Georgen) was founded around 1007 as a Benedictine monastery in Stein am Rhein village, on the banks of the Rhine at the western end of Lake Constance. The fascinating Klostermuseum is one of Switzerland's most important historic buildings from the late Middle Ages and early Renaissance, built in the 1300s to 1500s.

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Picture medallions (1508-1516) decorate the net-like pattern of the original wood ceiling in the Abbot's Lower Chambers in the David Building. The medallions refer to the Physiologus, an early Christian (100-300s AD) book that described plants, stones and animals and allegories of salvation through Christ. St. George's Abbey (Kloster Sankt Georgen) was founded around 1007 as a Benedictine monastery in Stein am Rhein village, on the banks of the Rhine at the western end of Lake Constance. The fascinating Klostermuseum is one of Switzerland's most important historic buildings from the late Middle Ages and early Renaissance, built in the 1300s to 1500s.