Root Jesse Window (Pontivy)

Root Jesse Window in Pontivy

The Wurzel-Jesse window in the Catholic Church of St-Mériadec in Stival, a district of the French commune of Pontivy in the Morbihan department in the Brittany region , was created in 1552. The leaded glass window was added to the list of architectural monuments in France in 1904 as Monument historique .

The window in the choir was created by an unknown workshop. It shows the root of Jesse , a widespread pictorial motif in Christian art of the Middle Ages and early modern times. The family tree of Christ is represented in the form of a tree that grows out of the figure of Jesse .

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  Jesse

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  Solomon

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  Joas

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  David with harp (left) and?

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  Abija and?

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  Ahaz and?

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  Tracery with Madonna and Child, coat of arms and two angels

literature

• Le Patrimoine des Communes du Morbihan. Flohic Editions, Volume 2, Paris 1996, ISBN 2-84234-009-4 , p. 739.
• Françoise Gatouillat, Michel Hérold: Les vitraux de Bretagne. (= Corpus Vitrearum ). Volume VII, Presses Universitaires de Rennes, Rennes 2005, ISBN 2-87535-0151-3 , p. 316.

Web links

Commons : Root Jesse Window (Pontivy)  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Description of the window (French, accessed March 15, 2019)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Arbre de Jessé in the Base Palissy of the French Ministry of Culture (French)

Coordinates: 48 ° 5 '6.4 "  N , 2 ° 59" 36.4 "  W.