Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption (Taverny)
The Catholic parish church of Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption in Taverny , a parish in the Val-d'Oise department in the French region of Île-de-France , was built in the Gothic style at the beginning of the 13th century . Since 1846 the church has been on the list of cultural monuments in France as a Monument historique .
history
The construction of the church is attributed to Mathieu II. De Montmorency (1184-1230), the great Connétable , who had it built near his castle in Taverny. Under his son Bouchard IV, the construction work was continued and probably completed. According to a deed of donation from 1237, he left a sum of money for the production of the leaded glass windows . The church was Mary and the Apostle Bartholomew , the patron saint of tanners and butchers from which the church had probably relics, consecrated .
In the 14th century, the French King Philip VI donated. of Valois (1293–1350) the south portal. He was fulfilling a vow he had taken during the illness of his son, who later became King John II the Good . This portal was therefore called Porte du Roi Jean (Portal of King John). In the 15th century a wooden bell tower was placed on the south transept .
During the French Revolution , the church became the temple of reason . A large part of the furnishings and the windows were destroyed at that time. Between 1867 and 1878, imitations of the old windows were created and used in place of the openings that were walled up in the meantime.
architecture
Exterior construction
The main entrance to the church is the portal of the south transept, the Porte du Roi Jean from the 14th century. Above that, framed by an ogival opening, is a rosette . The choir head consists of a main apse with a seven-eighth closure and two lateral apses. The west facade is framed by mighty buttresses . It is pierced by pointed arch windows and a large round window in the gable. Like the two portals on the south side, the west portal is designed as a stepped portal . The archivolts of the windows and portals are decorated with ornaments made of foliage or geometric motifs. They end in consoles in the form of male or female heads.
inner space
The nave has three aisles and is divided into four bays . The three-story elevation with high, ogival arcades on the ground floor, the triforium above and the large ceilings windows is typical of Gothic architecture. The windowing of the triforium above the organ gallery in the west is unusual .
Leaded glass window
The stained glass windows of the church date from the 19th century. One window bears the signature A. LUSSON PARIS 1863 .
The round window from 1869 in the tympanum of the large south portal tells the story of the recovery of the later King John II the Good, who fell seriously ill in Taverny in 1335 at the age of sixteen. Johann is shown lying in bed, next to him his father Philip VI. Standing around the bed are monks from the Abbey of Saint-Denis and Canons of Notre-Dame with relics, a nail from the cross of Christ, a fragment of the crown of thorns and a finger of St. Dionysius . According to legend, these relics were displayed in the church for two weeks, after which the king's son was healed. In accordance with his vows, Philip VI donated. the church's monumental south portal.
The round window above the smaller portal on the south side, the Bartholomäus portal, dates from 1882. It depicts Blanka of Castile , the mother of King Louis the Saint , who presented the plan of the church to Mathieu II. De Montmorency. Behind it stand the patron saints of the church, Mary and the apostle Bartholomäus.
Furnishing
- The most striking feature of the church is a stone altar from the 16th century. Presumably it was a gift from Connétable Anne de Montmorency (1493–1567). It is decorated with arabesques and garlands in the Renaissance style and bears the monograms of Henry II and Catherine de Medici as well as the three intertwined crescent moons, the emblems of Henry II. The little eagles ( Alérions ) belong to the coat of arms of the Montmorency family . The four figures represent the evangelists Matthew, Luke, Mark and John. In the two lower niches are a martyr (left) and a Madonna with child (right).
- In the central nave there is a colored wooden crucifix from the 14th / 15th centuries. Century.
- Wooden sculpture Maria with child from the 13th century
- Stone sculpture Maria with child from the 13th / 14th centuries century
- The bank of the church council is in the south aisle. It contains a relief plate from the 16th century depicting the burial of the Apostle Bartholomew, which originally belonged to the balustrade of the organ gallery.
organ
The organ prospectus dates from the middle of the 16th century and was donated by the Connétable Anne de Montmorency. The balustrade of the organ gallery consists of 13 carved relief panels from the 16th century, which were formerly part of a rood screen . They depict episodes from the life of the Apostle Bartholomew, especially his trip to India. The organ work was created by the organ builder John Abbey in 1895. The instrument has registers on a manual and a pedal. The actions are mechanical.
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literature
- Dominique Foussard, Charles Huet, Mathieu Lours: Églises du Val-d'Oise. Pays de France, Vallée de Montmorency . Société d'Histoire et d'Archéologie de Gonesse et du Pays de France, 2nd edition, Gonesse 2011, ISBN 9782953155426 .
- Le Patrimoine des Communes du Val-d'Oise . Flohic Éditions, Volume 2, Paris 1999, ISBN 2-84234-056-6 , pp. 851-855.
Web links
- Église Notre-Dame in the Base Mérimée of the French Ministry of Culture (French)
Individual evidence
Coordinates: 49 ° 1 ′ 49.3 " N , 2 ° 13 ′ 39.6" E