Passion Window (Beignon)

Passion window in Beignon

The Passion Window in the Catholic Church of St-Pierre in Beignon , a French parish in the Morbihan department in the Bretagne region , was created in 1540 (the year is in the second scene from the left on the upper sequence of scenes). The stained glass window was added to the list of architectural monuments in France as Monument historique in 1912 .

The central window in the choir was created by an unknown workshop. It shows various scenes from the life and suffering of Jesus . In addition, scenes from the life of the apostle Peter are shown.

Around 1860, parts of the window were restored by the E. Chappe studio in Nantes and the arrangement of the scenes changed.

In addition to the passion window , the root Jesse window from the Renaissance period is still preserved in the church.

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  Judas kiss

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  Pilate washes his hands in innocence

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  crucifixion

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  Entombment of Christ

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  Tracery with God the Father , the Resurrection of Jesus Christ and angels (lance and crown of thorns in the hands)

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  Jesus and Peter with key

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  Peter preaches

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  Peter before the emperor Nero

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  Peter is crucified

literature

• Le Patrimoine des Communes du Morbihan. Flohic Editions, Volume 1, Paris 1996, ISBN 2-84234-009-4 , p. 398.
• Françoise Gatouillat, Michel Hérold: Les vitraux de Bretagne. (= Corpus Vitrearum ). Volume VII, Presses Universitaires de Rennes, Rennes 2005, ISBN 2-87535-0151-3 , pp. 279-280.

Web links

Commons : Passion Window (Beignon)  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Scènes de la vie de saint Pierre et de la vie du Christ in the Base Palissy of the French Ministry of Culture (French)

Coordinates: 47 ° 58 ′ 13.5 ″  N , 2 ° 10 ′ 17.5 ″  W.