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Closed altar quarters
Description
All the reverse quarters are composed in a similar manner. The individual scenes are carved shallowly and composed in an almost painterly manner. The upper parts feature floral friezes with dry acanthus motifs. The interiors, where most of the biblical episodes take place, are chambers of bourgeois townhouses contemporary to Stwosz. The realism of the details provides an insight into the material culture of the late Middle Ages.