Childhood of Jesus (Moncontour)

Childhood window of Jesus in Moncontour

The Childhood of Jesus window in the Notre-Dame-St-Mathurin Catholic Church in Moncontour , a French commune in the Côtes-d'Armor department in the Brittany region , was created between 1520 and 1530. The leaded glass window was added to the list of architectural monuments in France in 1862 as Monument historique .

The central window in the choir was created by an unknown workshop. It shows various scenes from the childhood of Jesus .

In addition to the Childhood of Jesus window , five other windows from the Renaissance period have been preserved in the church (see navigation bar).

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  Killing innocent children

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  Escape to Egypt

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  Presentation of Jesus in the temple

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  Founder Claude de la Villeblanche († 1531) with his namesake

literature

• Le Patrimoine des Communes des Côtes-d'Armor. Flohic Editions, Volume 2, Paris 1998, ISBN 2-84234-017-5 , p. 737.
• Françoise Gatouillat, Michel Hérold: Les vitraux de Bretagne. (= Corpus Vitrearum ). Volume VII, Presses Universitaires de Rennes, Rennes 2005, ISBN 2-87535-0151-3 , pp. 82-83.

Web links

Commons : Childhood of Jesus (Moncontour)  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Enfance du Christ in Base Palissy of the French Ministry of Culture (French)

Coordinates: 48 ° 21 ′ 41 ″  N , 2 ° 37 ′ 58.2 ″  W.