St-Martin (Auxey-Duresses)
The Catholic parish church of Saint-Martin in Auxey-Duresses , a parish in the Côte-d'Or department in the French region of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté , was built in the 15th century on the site of a castle. The church, consecrated to St. Martin of Tours , has a Marian triptych from the Renaissance and valuable furnishings from the 16th and 17th centuries. In 1927, the church was added to the list of architectural monuments in France as Monument historique .
architecture
The bell tower erected over the crossing is crowned by a pyramid roof made of tuff stone . The bell storey is pierced on all four sides by ogival sound arcades . The choir and the transept are covered by ribbed vaults with carved keystones . The vault ribs rest on consoles that are designed as angel figures. They hold heraldic cartouches with lambs and scales on them. Numerous grave slabs are set into the floor, and vine knives are depicted on some .
Angel with heraldic cartouche
Angel with lamb
Angel with scales
Leaded glass window
The lead glass windows of the church were made in the 19th century. A window depicting Saint Joseph bears the signature of Louis-Victor Gesta, who ran a glass painting workshop in Toulouse . The window with the representation of Saint Martin is marked with the year 1888. Like the window with the Lourdes Madonna and the representation of Jesus inviting the children, it comes from Joseph Besnard .
Furnishing
- The most valuable piece of equipment in the church is a Marian triptych from the Renaissance , a three-part winged altar with panels depicting scenes from the life of Mary .
- The colored plaster sculpture of the Pietà is a work from the 16th / 17th centuries. Century.
- A painting from the first half of the 17th century depicts the holy hyacinth . He is holding a monstrance and a figure of the Madonna, which according to legend he is said to have rescued from the burning Kiev when the Golden Horde invaded .
- The painting depicting the body of Jesus, Le Christ mort , dates from the mid-17th century and is signed by Isaac Moillon .
- St. Catherine of Siena is depicted in a painting from the 17th century . She is dressed in the habit of the Dominican women and wears the crown of thorns on her head . In her hands marked by the wounds of Christ she holds her attributes , a cross and a lily.
- Another painting from the 17th century shows Mary, surrounded by two angels, with the body of Jesus on her lap.
- The painting depicting Mary with the baby Jesus and John the Baptist is also dated to the 17th century .
- The painting depicting the Annunciation dates from around 1700 .
- On a painting from the 17th / 18th centuries In the 17th century, St. Martin, the patron saint of the church, is depicted healing a leper .
Hyacinth of Poland
Body of Jesus
Pietà with two angels
Annunciation
Web links
- Église Saint-Martin d'Auxey-Duresses petit-patrimoine.com (French text, accessed January 27, 2019)
- Église Paroissiale Saint-Martin Observatoire du Patrimoine Religieux (French text, accessed January 27, 2019)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Église in the Base Mérimée of the French Ministry of Culture (French)
- ↑ Retable (triptyque) de la vie de la Vierge in the Base Palissy of the French Ministry of Culture (French)
- ↑ Vierge de Pitié in the Base Palissy of the French Ministry of Culture (French)
- ↑ Saint Hyacinthe in Base Palissy of the French Ministry of Culture (French)
- ↑ Le Christ mort in the Base Palissy of the French Ministry of Culture (French)
- ↑ Sainte Catherine de Sienne in the Base Palissy of the French Ministry of Culture (French)
- ↑ Vierge de Pitié avec deux ans in the Base Palissy of the French Ministry of Culture (French)
- ↑ Sainte Famille et saint Jean-Baptiste in Base Palissy of the French Ministry of Culture (French)
- ↑ Annonciation in Base Palissy of the French Ministry of Culture (French)
- ↑ Saint Martin guérissant un lépreux in the Base Palissy of the French Ministry of Culture (French)
Coordinates: 46 ° 59 ′ 9.6 " N , 4 ° 44 ′ 45.7" E