The new stair balustrade

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There is no information on the original design of the Juuru pulpit’s stair balustrade, yet the ornamentation with foliage and floral motifs carved on the door portal of the pulpit’s staircase has been changed little. Two of the three reliefs – depicting the birth and resurrection of Christ – were carved according to the stair balustrade panels of the pulpit of Tallinn’s Church of the Holy Spirit (1597). The third relief depicts an angel bearing a model of the old medieval church flying up into the heavens on the background of Juuru’s reconstructed church, inferring the particular sanctity of handling sacral art.

The head of the angel above the door presumably looked previously in the direction of the congregation. Similarly to its original overall planar and spatial design, putto heads are situated at the corners of the polygonal sounding board, above which angels bearing the attributes of Christ’s Passion stand on the sounding board cornice. Pairs of reliefs reflecting auricular ornamentation are between the angels. Ribs decorated with auricular and acanthus ornamentation form the sounding board’s crown, at the tip of which Christ stands bearing a victory flag.

3 years ago