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The article discusses the 1988 construction and dedication of a holocaust memorial fountain at the synagogue in Hildesheim, Germany. Information is provided on the memorial's designer Elmar Hillebrand of the Kölner Schule group of Catholic artists, the design of the fountain is analyzed, and the alleged importance of the fountain's resonance with the medieval landmarks of Hildesheim is emphasized.

A fragment of a relief icon, made of steatite plaque, depicting a female saint,was recently found in Acre (Akko) in northern Israel. The plaque has lost the head of the saint, but enough is left of the figure to discern that the pose of the female saint is typically Byzantine. Moreover, the drapery shows stylistic affinities with Komnenian art. The plaque is the first steatite icon found in Palestine and could have arrived in Acre from abroad. The archeological context suggests that it might have been venerated in Acre anytime between the Crusader and the Ottoman periods. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article offers information on Louis the Pious, the emperor and the King of Aquitaine, France was born in 778 and died on 20 June, 840 on the island of Petersau in the Rhine. It mentions that the body of Pious was buried in the antique sarcophagus decorated with the Crossing of the Red Sea which was produced in Rome. It states that the sarcophagi of Louis depict a biblical scene but rather than a Christian picture it carried an imperial Roman decorative scheme mark.