Magnificent Mainz -11
In 1773, Johann Heinrich Stumm built the divided organ with the centre window. It is one of the few surviving instruments designed by a member of the Stumm dynasty of organ builders. In a niche between the south altars, a lime wood sculpture dating from 1420 catches the eye of visitors. It depicts Mary with the Child Jesus playing and smiling – an unusually serene work of Gothic art, assigned to the "soft style". The venerated miraculous image was rescued from the burning Church of Our Lady in 1793.
Magnificent Mainz -11
In 1773, Johann Heinrich Stumm built the divided organ with the centre window. It is one of the few surviving instruments designed by a member of the Stumm dynasty of organ builders. In a niche between the south altars, a lime wood sculpture dating from 1420 catches the eye of visitors. It depicts Mary with the Child Jesus playing and smiling – an unusually serene work of Gothic art, assigned to the "soft style". The venerated miraculous image was rescued from the burning Church of Our Lady in 1793.