Pulpit (Paimpont)
The pulpit in the former monastery church and today's parish church of Notre-Dame in Paimpont , a French parish in the Ille-et-Vilaine department in the Brittany region , was created in the 17th century. The pulpit was added to the list of architectural monuments in France in 1919 as Monument historique .
The wooden pulpit is closed by a sound cover crowned with an angel. A dove is attached to the bottom as a symbol of the Holy Spirit .
The pulpit wall is decorated with a bas-relief of Christ blessing with the globe in his left hand and two caryatids in the form of angels.
The pulpit can be reached via a wooden staircase with carved reliefs in the form of plant motifs.
Pulpit wall with Christ giving blessings and two caryatids in the form of angels
Pulpit with a relief bust of Mary
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes d'Ille-et-Vilaine. Flohic Editions, Volume 2, Paris 2000, ISBN 2-84234-072-8 , p. 1106.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Chaire à prêcher in the Base Palissy of the French Ministry of Culture (French)
Coordinates: 48 ° 1 ′ 9.6 ″ N , 2 ° 10 ′ 27 ″ W.