Wurzel-Jesse-Window (Guern)

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Wurzel-Jesse-Window in Guern

The Wurzel-Jesse window in the Catholic basilica Notre-Dame of Quelven, a district of the French commune of Guern in the Morbihan department in the Brittany region , was created in the 16th century. The stained glass window was added to the list of architectural monuments in France in 1840 as Monument historique .

The window in the transept 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 .

In addition to the Wurzel-Jesse window , the Christophorus window from the Renaissance period has been preserved in the church.

literature

  • Le Patrimoine des Communes du Morbihan. Flohic Editions, Volume 2, Paris 1996, ISBN 2-84234-009-4 , p. 727.
  • Françoise Gatouillat, Michel Hérold: Les vitraux de Bretagne. (= Corpus Vitrearum ). Volume VII, Presses Universitaires de Rennes, Rennes 2005, ISBN 2-87535-0151-3 , p. 296.

Web links

Commons : Root Jesse Window (Guern)  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

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

Coordinates: 48 ° 1 '47 "  N , 3 ° 3' 47"  W.