Chaste Susanna (Les Iffs)

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Window Chaste Susanna in Les Iffs

The Chaste Susanna window in the Catholic parish church of St-Ouen in Les Iffs , a French parish in the Ille-et-Vilaine department in the Brittany region , was created around 1550. The leaded glass window was added to the list of architectural monuments in France in 1906 as Monument historique .

The window in the choir was in the studio of Michel Bayonne in Rennes created, which created many stained glass windows in the region.

The window shows the biblical story of Susanna in the bath . Explanatory texts are placed above the scenes.

In addition to this window, eight other windows from the Renaissance period have been preserved in the church (see navigation bar).

literature

  • Le Patrimoine des Communes d'Ille-et-Vilaine. Volume 1, Flohic Editions, Paris 2000, ISBN 2-84234-072-8 , p. 182.
  • Françoise Gatouillat, Michel Hérold: Les vitraux de Bretagne. (= Corpus Vitrearum ). Volume VII, Presses Universitaires de Rennes, Rennes 2005, ISBN 2-87535-0151-3 , p. 245.

Web links

Commons : Chaste Susanna (Les Iffs)  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. Suzanne au bain (baie 4) in the Base Palissy of the French Ministry of Culture (French)

Coordinates: 48 ° 17 '18.6 "  N , 1 ° 52' 1.2"  W.