Pulpit (Paimpont)

Pulpit in 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.

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  Pulpit wall with Christ giving blessings and two caryatids in the form of angels

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  Pulpit with a relief bust of Mary

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  Underside of the sound cover with dove

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  Angel on the cover

literature

• Le Patrimoine des Communes d'Ille-et-Vilaine. Flohic Editions, Volume 2, Paris 2000, ISBN 2-84234-072-8 , p. 1106.

Web links

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Individual evidence

1. ↑ Chaire à prêcher in the Base Palissy of the French Ministry of Culture (French)

Coordinates: 48 ° 1 ′ 9.6 ″  N , 2 ° 10 ′ 27 ″  W.