artistic and architectural programme, reflect his efforts to put his seat in the position of a northern Rome in the context of the Ottonian dynasty's renewed Christian Roman Empire and also to emphasise Christ as a model of just and godly kingship for the rulers. For this reason, the execution of John the Baptist by the weak and unjust king Herod Antipas is given a great deal of space. The individual biblical scenes on the Bernward column: From bottom to top. The Baptism of Jesus by John the Baptist in the Jordan (, , ) Temptation of Christ (, ) The calling of Simon Peter and Andrew (, ), The calling of the sones of Zebedee (James and John) (, ) The Wedding at Cana Jesus cleansing a leper (, , ) Uncertain: Brandt: Confession of Peter (, , ) Gallistl: Mission of the twelve (, , ) Less likely: Commissioning of the Twelve Apostles (, , ) The Samaritan woman at the well John the Baptist's admonition of Herod Antipas and Herodias (, , ) Arrest of John the Baptist (, , ) The dance of Salome and the Beheading of St. John the Baptist (, , ) Jesus healing the bleeding woman and the Raising of Jairus' daughter (, , ) Healing of the Blind man of Bethsaida Jesus and the woman taken in adultery Raising of the son of the widow of Nain Temptation of Jesus on Mount Tabor (, , ) Uncertain: Brandt: Little Commission Gallistl: Discourse on Defilement (, ) Parable of the Rich man and Lazarus - Lazarus at the table of the rich man Parable of the Rich man and Lazarus - The rich man in Hell and the poor man in the Bosom of Abraham Jesus and Zacchaeus Cursing the fig tree (, ) Uncertain: Brandt: Healing the two blind men in Galilee Gallistl: Healing the sick of Gennesaret (, , ) Jesus saves the sinking Peter Uncertain: Brandt: The Feeding of the 5,000 (, , ,) Gallistl: The Feeding of the 4,000 Mary and Martha, the sisters of Lazarus, before Jesus Raising of Lazarus Anointing of Jesus (, , ) Jesus' Triumphal entry into Jerusalem (, , , ) Liturgical significance An important indicator of the liturgical significance of the Bernward column is its original location on the central axis of St. Michael's, near the altar, where Holy Communion was distributed