Shrine Madonna

Shrine Madonna of Eguisheim , Rhenish, 14th century

The Shrine Madonna (French: Vierge ouvrante ) is the name given to medieval wooden Marian sculptures that can be opened and that contain figurative representations (e.g. mercy seat ) inside . The origin of the type is unclear (France or East Elbe). A special form that has not been preserved was the " Vierges tabernacles" for storing a consecrated host .

See also

• Protective mantle Madonna

literature

• Walter Fries: The Shrine Madonna. In: Anzeiger des Germanisches Nationalmuseum. 1928/29, pp. 5-69.
• Corine Schleif: The Shrine Madonna in the Diocesan Museum in Limburg. In: Nassau Annals. 95: 39-54 (1984).
• Gudrun Radler: The Shrine Madonna "Vierge Ouvrante". From the Bernhardin beginnings to women's mysticism in the Teutonic Order with a descriptive catalog in:  Frankfurter Fundamente der Kunstgeschichte , Vol. 6, Verlag Kunstgeschichtliches Institut der Johann Wolfgang Goethe University, Frankfurt / M. 1990, ISBN 978-3-9238-1305-6 .

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