Passion Window (La Roche-Maurice)

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Passion window in La Roche-Maurice
Tracery with 14 coats of arms, most of them from the Rohan family

The Passion Window in the Catholic Church of St-Yves in La Roche-Maurice , a French commune in the Finistère department in the Brittany region , was created in 1539. The stained glass window was added to the list of architectural monuments in France in 1898 as Monument historique .

description

The central window in the choir was created by Laurent Le Sodec. It shows 15 scenes from Jesus' ordeal .

In the tracery are 14 arms, most of the family Rohan to see.

The window was restored by Louis-François Bodolec in 1715 and by Mathieu Rosuel, both from Brest , in 1849 . During the restoration in 1849, it was found that the scene of Jesus in front of Pilate was missing. In 1937 the window was restored by the Gruber workshop . In 1942 the window was removed to protect against war damage and restored and reinstalled by Atelier Labouret in 1950.

Representations

Entry into Jerusalem

Last Supper

Washing feet

Jesus on the Mount of Olives

Jesus is arrested

Mockery of Jesus

Jesus before Kajaphas

Jesus before Pilate

Jesus crowned with thorns

Jesus is scourged

Ecce Homo

Jesus carries the cross

Crucifixion scene

literature

  • Françoise Gatouillat, Michel Hérold: Les vitraux de Bretagne. (= Corpus Vitrearum ). Volume VII, Presses Universitaires de Rennes, Rennes 2005, ISBN 2-87535-0151-3 , pp. 187-189.

Web links

Commons : Passion Window (La Roche-Maurice)  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

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

Coordinates: 48 ° 28 ′ 23.3 "  N , 4 ° 12 ′ 10.5"  W.