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Angel with the Arma Christi

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Master Arnt was the most important late 15th-century woodcarver in the German-Dutch border area. He carved this angel dressed as a deacon (assistant to the priest during Mass) in a choir robe. The angel holds an armoured helmet adorned with Christ’s crown of thorns and his shirt. These are some of the Arma Christi, the symbolic instruments of Christ’s Passion.
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Title: Angel with the Arma Christi
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Master Arnt was the most important late 15th-century woodcarver in the German-Dutch border area.
He carved this angel dressed as a deacon (assistant to the priest during Mass) in a choir robe.
The angel holds an armoured helmet adorned with Christ’s crown of thorns and his shirt.
These are some of the Arma Christi, the symbolic instruments of Christ’s Passion.

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