 The painting shows the appearance of Jesus to (it has been concluded) the commissioner of the painting, the Abbess Theophanu (whose name is from the Greek for Divine apparition)

Through the installation of the crypt, the floor of the main (east) choir was raised above the floor level of the nave and transepts.The side choirs remained on the same level as the nave and transepts.The crypt consists of the three aisled crypt of Agana, an inner crypt, and a five-sided outer crypt.