Romanesque Period
The important Romanesque works of art that have been preserved at
Großcomburg include the richly adorned wheel-shaped chandelier. The
chandelier, produced around 1130/1140, has a diameter of approx. 16
feet (5 meters) and a circumference of 51.75 feet (15.77 meters). With
its ring and the twelve gate towers, it symbolizes the "heavenly
Jerusalem" in an apocalyptic vision. Two inscription bands describe the
figures in the towers as watchmen guards, and the figures looking out
of the towers as saints, who live in eternal bliss and open heaven to
the worthy. Stylized plants, animals, fantasy creatures and ornaments
adorn the precious chandelier.
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Baroque Period
The Großcomburg Monastery Church (Klosterkirche), built
in the early 18th century on the site of the original Romanesque
basilica, has a richly appointed nave. Baroque, sensual descriptiveness
is, for example, embodied in the ornamentation of the pulpit cover.
Christ hurls bolts of lightning from above at ostentatious ladies,
who personify the seven deadly sins. Each has been provided with
a symbol: sloth an ass, lust a goat, greed a moneybag, pride a
mirror etc.
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