St.-Jakobs-Kirche
Gothic church whose west choir bridges a street and shelters a carved limewood Holy Blood altar.
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This guide to St.-Jakobs-Kirche in Rothenburg ob der Tauber climbs into the west choir to sit down at one carved dinner table, made by Tilman Riemenschneider around fifteen hundred. It asks who gets the best seat at the Last Supper, and why a meal was chosen to frame the church's most precious possession. Along the way you meet a sleepy disciple and a pilgrim's hat hidden in a corner. Best heard standing at the top of the steps, facing the altar.
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