Friday, August 23, 2019

Hands with Rings

 

In the Klosterkirche in Blomberg, Lippe, Germany are Bernhard VII. zur Lippe (1428-1511) and his wife Anna Gräfin von Holstein-Schauenburg burried. (Mark, the pictures above are from the Martinikirche and not from the Klosterkirche.) Their grave is on the choir inside the church. Pontifical!

For me is remarkable that his hands are down. I read: at rest. Her hands are up. I read: praying.

Next to that she only has a ring on her left forefinger. He has a ring both on his left and right ring finger. What would this mean?
I love the wisdom on this shield on one of the Blomberger houses (located at the Weinberggasse):