St-Jean-Baptiste (Chaource)

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Parish Church of Saint-Jean-Baptiste
Entombment of the Master of Chaource

The Roman Catholic parish church of Saint-Jean-Baptiste in Chaource , a town in the department of Aube in the French region of Grand Est , has a choir from the 13th century and a nave of the 16th century. The church has a rich sculptural decoration, in particular a burial group from 1515 and a nativity scene with gilded wooden figures, also from the 16th century. Numerous lead glass windows from the Renaissance period have also survived . In 1840, the church consecrated to John the Baptist was added to the list of architectural monuments in France as Monument historique .

history

The choir goes back to a church that was consecrated at the beginning of the 14th century. From 1531 the nave was renewed . The northern side chapels and the north portal were built between 1531 and 1537, the southern side chapels were added between 1542 and 1548 and the central nave was raised. The nave, which was originally planned to be much longer, was not completed, but closed with a temporary wall. This was reinforced with buttresses in 1843.

Door to the Chapelle du Sépulcre

architecture

The nave has three naves and is divided into three bays . The main and side aisles are covered by ribbed vaults with keystones carved with angels, heads and coats of arms.

The choir is also three-bay and just closed. The first two bays are designed as a hall choir with their three naves of equal height . Chapels are attached to the first and third yoke on both sides. The third yoke has a single nave. A modest bell tower rises above the western choir bay.

Chapelle du Sépulcre (Chapel of the Entombment)

This slightly lower chapel was built in the 16th century to house the burial group. The chapel is covered by a flattened barrel , the walls and ceiling are decorated with paintings from the 16th century. A narrow door leads from the choir to the chapel. It is spanned by a keel arch on which a helmet and the donor's coat of arms are depicted, an angel is enthroned above it.

Renaissance window

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The church has several stained glass windows from the 16th century.

  • The rose window above the north portal contains fragments of a Renaissance window from 1544 depicting the Seven Sorrows of Mary .
  • The windows in the Chapelle du Paradis (Paradise Chapel or Chapel of John the Evangelist) depict scenes from the Apocalypse , the legend of Saint Sebastian (from 1536) and the Last Judgment .
  • The Saint-Jean-Décolasse chapel has partly retained its original glazing. The grisaille windows with scenes of the Passion were damaged in the bombing in 1940, but could be restored.
  • The windows of the Chapelle Saint-Georges (George's Chapel) show scenes from the legend of St. George and the coats of arms of the Monstier and Vaudrey families, as well as the arms of Chaource and Champagne.

  • Window with scenes of the Last Judgment

  • Scenes from the legend of St. George

  • Grisaille window with scenes of the Passion

  • Chaource Coat of Arms

Furnishing

Mary of the Entombment Group
  • The church is decorated with numerous sculptures from the 16th century.
  • The Entombment Group of the Master of Chaource was commissioned by Jacqueline de Laigne in 1515 for her late husband, Nicolas Monstier.
  • The Chapelle du Paradis has a stone barrier from 1538 decorated in a Renaissance style.
  • A stone passion altar is kept in the chapel, which is marked with the year 1532. It is divided into three panels with the scenes of the Capture, Crucifixion and Resurrection of Jesus.
  • In the same chapel, a nativity scene by an unknown master is exhibited in a glass cabinet , consisting of 22 painted and gilded wooden figures. The time of its creation is dated around 1540.
  • The baptismal font has a stone base from the 16th century and a carved, painted wooden lid from the 18th century.
  • The pulpit dates from the 18th century. It is decorated with the reliefs of the four evangelists and their symbols . The sound cover is crowned by an angel's putto blowing a trumpet.

  • Renaissance barrier

  • Pietà

  • Passion altar

literature

  • Roger Barat, Véronique Boucherat, Laurence Harmonière: Chaource l'église Saint-Jean-Baptiste et son patrimoine. In: La Vie en Champagne. No. 31 (new edition), Troyes 2010, ISSN  0758-4245 .
  • Pastorale du Tourisme et des Loisirs (Ed.): Églises accueillantes. Aube en Champagne. Troyes without a year.

Web links

Commons : Saint-Jean-Baptiste (Chaource)  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Rosette with the Seven Sorrows of Mary in Base Palissy of the French Ministry of Culture (French)
  2. ↑ Window of the Apocalypse in Base Palissy of the French Ministry of Culture (French)
  3. ↑ Window with scenes from the legend of St. Sebastian in the Base Palissy of the French Ministry of Culture (French)
  4. ↑ Window with scenes of the Last Judgment in Base Palissy of the French Ministry of Culture (French)
  5. ↑ Grisaille window with scenes of the Passion in the Base Palissy of the French Ministry of Culture (French)
  6. ↑ Window with the coats of arms of the Monstier and Vaudrey families in Base Palissy of the French Ministry of Culture (French)
  7. ↑ Window with the arms of Chaource and Champagne in Base Palissy of the French Ministry of Culture (French)
  8. ↑ Entombment group in the Base Palissy of the French Ministry of Culture (French)
  9. ↑ Barrier of the Chapelle du Paradis in the Base Palissy of the French Ministry of Culture (French)
  10. ^ Passion altar in the Base Palissy of the French Ministry of Culture (French)
  11. ↑ Christmas crib in Base Palissy of the French Ministry of Culture (French)
  12. ↑ Baptismal font in the Base Palissy of the French Ministry of Culture (French)

Coordinates: 48 ° 3 '30.2 "  N , 4 ° 8' 12.3"  E