When
visiting the Munster of Bonn (formerly known as the Saint Martin’s church), I
was struck by this charming piece of art depicting an ivory Arch of Noah stuck on a bronze tip of Mount Ararat, the receding waves still lapping the emerging land .
It is a
work of the German sculptor Heinz Gernot (1921 – 2009). The art piece was specially
commissioned as a lid for a restored 12th century Roman baptismal font.
