Tabernacle door: Crucifixion with the Virgin and Saint John, saints, and angels holding the Veil of Veronica, late 15th century

If the consecrated host (communion wafer) from the Mass is not entirely consumed, it is saved in a tabernacle and venerated as the body of Christ. All the images on this tabernacle door concern Christ's body, from his conception to his death on the Cross. Accordingly, the Crucifixion is the central image. Above is the Annunciation, the moment of the Incarnation when the angel Gabriel tells the Virgin Mary she will have a child, Jesus. Below, two angels hold Veronica's veil-a cloth the pious Veronica used to wipe Christ's brow on the road to Calvary, and which became miraculously imprinted with his image.