Through fortunate circumstances, numerous pieces of the late 13th andearly 14th century interior design from the former Premonstratensianconvent in Altenberg an der Lahn have survived. This unique ensemble isreunited in the exhibition for the first time since the cloister closed at thebeginning of the 19th century.Visitors to the exhibition and readers of the catalogue can follow the fascinatingharmony of the aesthetic image program and learn the functionof the individual components that provide meaning within this specificaltarpiece design. The volume of accompanying essays combines the findingsof the Passavant Kolloquium, a recent colloquium on this medievalhigh altarpiece made north of the Alps.