Magdeburg - Cathedral

A baroque statue of a bishop to the right, a whalebone to the left. A curiosity in the Magdeburg Cathedral. I have no idea, what a whalebone "means" or what it stands for. It may be connected to Matthew 12:38-41

"For as Jonas was three days and three nights in the whale's belly; so shall
the Son of man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth."

There are a couple of churches, that display whalebones.

Cologne (Germany):
www.flickr.com/photos/roland-rossner/2786317321/

Herford (Germany):
www.flickr.com/photos/martin-m-miles/4765219389/

Gandersheim (Germany):
www.flickr.com/photos/martin-m-miles/5706420469/

Rieupeyroux (France):
www.flickr.com/photos/lionfranc37/5340136898/in/contacts/

Krakow (Poland)
www.flickr.com/photos/tanya780/2740547999/