Annunciation Window (Lamorlaye)

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Annunciation window in Lamorlaye

The Annunciation Window in the Catholic Church of St-Nicolas in Lamorlaye , a French parish in the Oise department in the Hauts-de-France region , was created in 1540. The stained glass window was added to the list of listed buildings ( Base Palissy ) in France as Monument historique in 1912 .

The central window in the choir is 1.20 meters wide and one meter high, it represents the Annunciation of the Lord . The Archangel Gabriel approaches the praying Mary from the left, his right hand raised in a gesture of blessing . A dove, the symbol of the Holy Spirit, hovers over her . The donor couple is shown below the scenes. In the tracery , God the Father can be seen with a tiara and globe.

literature

  • Louis Grodecki , Françoise Perrot, Jean Taralon (eds.): Les vitraux de Paris, de la région parisienne, de la Picardie et du Nord-Pas-de-Calais . (= Corpus Vitrearum Medii Aevi ). Récensement des vitraux anciens de la France. Volume 1, Éditions du Center National de la Recherche Scientifique, Paris 1978, ISBN 2-222-02263-0 , p. 201.

Web links

Commons : Window of the Church of St-Nicolas (Lamorlaye)  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Annonciation in Base Palissy of the French Ministry of Culture (French)

Coordinates: 49 ° 9 ′ 3.3 ″  N , 2 ° 26 ′ 23 ″  E