Evangelist window (Dinan)

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Evangelist window in Dinan

The Evangelist window in the Basilica of St-Sauveur in Dinan , a French town in the Côtes-d'Armor department of Brittany , was created between 1480 and 1490. The stained glass window was added to the list of architectural monuments in France as Monument historique in 1882 .

The four-part window in the Saint-Mathurin chapel comes from an unknown workshop. In the top row it shows the four evangelists John , Matthew , Mark and Luke with their attributes . In the tracery , the coronation of Mary can be seen surrounded by angels making music .

In the lower row the following saints are represented: Mathurin , Armel , Ivo Hélory and Brieuc . This part was created in 1853 from a cardboard box by Pierre Hawke .

  • Evangelist John with eagle

  • Evangelist Matthew with the human form

  • Evangelist Mark with a lion

  • Evangelist Luke with bull

literature

  • Le Patrimoine des Communes des Côtes-d'Armor. Flohic Editions, Volume 1, Paris 1998, ISBN 2-84234-017-5 , p. 233.
  • Françoise Gatouillat, Michel Hérold: Les vitraux de Bretagne. (= Corpus Vitrearum ). Volume VII, Presses Universitaires de Rennes, Rennes 2005, ISBN 2-87535-0151-3 , p. 62.

Web links

Commons : Evangelist Window (Dinan)  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Les quatre évangélistes ... in the Base Palissy of the French Ministry of Culture (French)

Coordinates: 48 ° 27 '12 "  N , 2 ° 2' 30.1"  W.