Westphalian Last Supper
Westphalian Last Supper is called a scene from the church window above the north portal of the Wiesenkirche in Soest . The window by an unknown artist dates from around 1500. It shows a classic communion with Jesus Christ and the twelve apostles .
However, the artist has moved the plot of the Last Supper to Westphalia. Instead of unleavened bread and wine, there are specialties from the Soest homeland. On the table is a pig's head on the left, a ham on the right. The sixth apostle from the left is holding a beer mug with a lid, on the right edge of the picture an apostle is drinking from a beer mug. There are also shot glasses next to the ham. Under the table there is a basket with Westphalian bread, on the far right at the edge of the picture someone has a piece of bread in their hand.
In the medieval table community , Jesus sits in the midst of his apostles. One is sitting in front of the table. From the pouch that he is holding in his right hand, you can tell that it is Judas who has the treasure trove in the pouch. Some interpreters suggest that his left hand is reaching for the piece of bread that Jesus is handing out with his right hand.
“The disciples have just learned that one of them will betray the Lord. They react to this terrifying news as differently as we humans always do. One group becomes quiet and thoughtful, the other consoles themselves with food and drink and a third group discusses with lively gestures what they have just heard. "
A copy of the window is in the Westfalen Culinarium in Nieheim , Höxter district.
Another version of the Westphalian Last Supper can be found in St. Andreas Church in Lübbecke . The carved wooden representation of Jesus' last supper with his disciples shows suckling pig and green core soup as typical Westphalian dishes on the plates. On the right side of the group of disciples, Judas has a purse in his hand - in memory of the text in the Bible, according to which he betrayed Jesus for 30 pieces of silver.