The intricate work consists not only of the twelve panels visible when it is fully opened; even when its panels are closed it makes a substantial theological and artistic statement. The Annunciation is depicted on this "closed" set of eight panels, and consists of the entire midsection (horizontal). Gabriel and Mary are seen on opposite ends of a single (and otherwise empty) room. There is barely enough room between Mary's head and the ceiling for the Holy Spirit!
Open those "doors" and you are transported to Paradise, where the Lamb conceived in Mary is the focus of adoration:
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