Window of the Instruction of Mary (Vineuil-Saint-Firmin)

Window of the Instruction of Mary in Vineuil-Saint-Firmin

The Instruction of Mary window in the Catholic parish church of St-Firmin in Vineuil-Saint-Firmin , a French parish in the Oise department in the Hauts-de-France region , was created in the mid-16th century. In 1886 the stained glass window was classified as a monument historique .

description

The two-part window in the apex of the choir is three meters high and 1.60 meters wide. It comes from an unknown workshop. In the middle left it shows Mary's instruction , Mary has a book in her hands, through her mother Anna and on the right next to it Saint Mary Magdalene . Above you can see Saint James the Elder (left) and Saint Francis of Assisi.

The crucifixion of Christ is shown in the tracery . The coats of arms of the donor couple, François de Montmorency and Catherine de Humières, can be seen at the bottom .

Detailed recordings from before 1910

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  Saint Anna

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  James the Elder

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  Mary Magdalene

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  Francis of Assisi

See also

• Root Jesse Window (Vineuil-Saint-Firmin) and Madonna and Child (Vineuil-Saint-Firmin)

literature

• Louis Grodecki , Françoise Perrot, Jean Taralon (eds.): Les vitraux de Paris, de la région parisienne, de la Picardie et du Nord-Pas-de-Calais . (= Corpus Vitrearum Medii Aevi ). Récensement des vitraux anciens de la France. Volume 1, Éditions du Center National de la Recherche Scientifique, Paris 1978, ISBN 2-222-02263-0 , pp. 213-214.

Web links

Commons : Window of the Instruction of Mary (Vineuil-Saint-Firmin)  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Education de la Vierge etc. in the Base Palissy of the French Ministry of Culture (French)

Coordinates: 49 ° 11 '49.2 "  N , 2 ° 30' 14.8"  E