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−	Panel Paintings from the altar of the "Main Church" (Bergkirche) in Sigishoara, Transylvania, Romania	+	Panel Paintings from the altar of the "Main Church" (Bergkirche) in Sigishoara, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transilvania Transylvania], Romania

	Altar commissioned ca. 1515-1525		Altar commissioned ca. 1515-1525

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 ==The ox bitten by a white dog==
-The representation of these two fighting animals is an iconographic symbol on the panel figuring presumably St Albertus Magnus. This is a very unusual attribute. The standing saint, with episcopal insignia, is probably St. Albertus Magnus from the Dominican order, who defended the doctrine of another illustrious Dominican: Thomas Aquinas. The latter was also known as “the big ox” because of his impressive corpulence, and in this case the dog which is attacking the ox (i.e. Aquinas’ enemies in doctrinaire issues) is not the same as the Dominican greyhound.
+The representation of these two fighting animals is an iconographic symbol on the panel figuring presumably St [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albertus_Magnus Albertus Magnus]. This is a very unusual attribute. The standing saint, with episcopal insignia, is probably St. Albertus Magnus from the Dominican order, who defended the doctrine of another illustrious Dominican: Thomas Aquinas. The latter was also known as “the big ox” because of his impressive corpulence, and in this case the dog which is attacking the ox (i.e. Aquinas’ enemies in doctrinaire issues) is not the same as the Dominican greyhound.
 [[Image:Mad_sigis.jpg |thumb|300px|Ox and Dog]]

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 == The greyhound ==
 On the central panel, supported and patted by St. Dominic, is represented a black two-paw standing greyhound. The greyhound is the symbol of the Dominicans (created as jeux-de-mots of “Domini-canes”: the “dogs of God”) whose order was intended to preserve and guard the “true faith”. Usually, the greyhound symbolizing the Dominicans is a white black spotted dog (as in the frescoes of the Spaniard Chapel of Santa Maria Novella, Florence). In this particular case, the black dog is maybe a result of a later restoration of the painting.
-[[Image:Mad_panou_central.jpg|thumb|300px|Greyhound]]
 ==The ox bitten by a white dog==

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 On the central panel, supported and patted by St. Dominic, is represented a black two-paw standing greyhound. The greyhound is the symbol of the Dominicans (created as jeux-de-mots of “Domini-canes”: the “dogs of God”) whose order was intended to preserve and guard the “true faith”. Usually, the greyhound symbolizing the Dominicans is a white black spotted dog (as in the frescoes of the Spaniard Chapel of Santa Maria Novella, Florence). In this particular case, the black dog is maybe a result of a later restoration of the painting.
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