The painting depicts the "Jesse-Baum" (Jesse = Isai, the father of David, into whose tribe messiah was expected to be born) in connection with biblical genealogical trees of Jesus (Mt 1,1-17 and Lk 3,23-38)

The ceiling´s painting contains a row with 8 main sections. The first section depicts paradise and the Fall of Man.
The second section shows Jesse on a magnificent rest, with a tree growing out of it ("Jesse-Baum").

The main sections three to six may be interpreted as the fruits of the tree. The seventh section follows with Mary as the "new Eve".
The last main section is not preserved as an original. With the collapse of the crossing tower in 1650 this section, along with surrounding ones, has been destroyed.
The current image was crafted in 1960 after a 19th century pattern. It shows Christ as the judge of the worlds.

Numerous prophets can be found in both columns of pictures to the right and left of the main sections.