Life of the Virgin (Notre-Dame-en-Vaux)
The stained glass window Life of the Virgin in the Notre-Dame-en-Vaux church in Châlons-en-Champagne , a French city in the Grand Est region , was created in 1527. The Renaissance window has been classified as a monument historique since 1840 .
description
The stained glass window is attributed to Mathieu Bléville , who also created other windows of the Notre-Dame church , based on the faces . Window number 23 (according to the scheme of Corpus Vitrearum Medii Aevi ) was created in 1527. The year 1527 can be seen on a red background on the merchant's table in the scene of Mary's temple passage and in the tracery (bottom left). The window was restored in 1906 by Jean-Baptiste Anglade .
In contrast to other windows of the church, where a large scene is shown in the middle, 12 scenes of the same size from the life of Mary are shown here in the form of miniatures . These are in chronological order from top left (starting with Anna and Joachim giving alms) to right and from top to bottom:
1st row
- Anna and Joachim , Mary's parents, give alms
- the high priest rejects Joachim's sacrifice
- Annunciation to Joachim
- Annunciation to Anna
2nd row
- Meeting of Anna and Joachim under the Golden Gate of Jerusalem
- Virgin Mary's birth
- Mary's temple passage
- Marriage of Mary and Joseph
3rd row
- Annunciation
- Visitation of the Virgin Mary
- Arrival in Bethlehem
- the Tiburtine Sibyl announces the birth of the Messiah to the Emperor Augustus
In the tracery, the Trinity is depicted as a person with three faces, surrounded by angels making music. The four coats of arms in the lower area have not yet been identified.
Other windows in the same church
- Battle of Clavijo (Notre-Dame-en-Vaux)
- Glorification of the Virgin (Notre-Dame-en-Vaux)
- Birth of Jesus (Notre-Dame-en-Vaux)
- Descent from the Cross (Notre-Dame-en-Vaux)
literature
- Jean Fusier: Vitraux des églises de Châlons-en-Champagne . Itinéraires du patrimoine No. 303 ( ISSN 1159-1722 ), ed. from the Direction régionale des Affaires culturelles de Champagne-Ardenne, 2005, ISBN 2-87825-345-0 , pp. 14-16.
Lecture
Web links
- Vie de la Vierge in the Base Palissy of the French Ministry of Culture (French)