Root Jesse Window (La Martyre)

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Root Jesse Window in La Martyre

The Wurzel-Jesse window in the Catholic parish church of St-Salomon in La Martyre , a French parish in the Finistère department in Brittany , was created in the second quarter of the 16th century.

The three-part window in the choir comes from an unknown workshop. The root of Jesse is a widespread pictorial motif in Christian art of the Middle Ages and early modern times. The family tree of Christ is shown in the form of a tree that grows out of the figure of Jesse , the father of King David . Jesse is shown asleep and the following branches of the tree appear to David and another eleven kings of Israel . The conclusion is the representation of Mary with child in the tracery , which was added to the restoration in 1994.

During the restoration in 1994, missing parts in the tracery and below were supplemented with colored panes.

In addition to the Wurzel-Jesse window , three other windows from the Renaissance period have been preserved in the church (see navigation bar).

literature

  • Le Patrimoine des Communes du Finistère. Flohic Editions, Volume 2, Paris 1998, ISBN 2-84234-039-6 , pp. 992-993.
  • Françoise Gatouillat, Michel Hérold: Les vitraux de Bretagne. (= Corpus Vitrearum ). Volume VII, Presses Universitaires de Rennes, Rennes 2005, ISBN 2-87535-0151-3 , p. 146.

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Coordinates: 48 ° 26 '56.5 "  N , 4 ° 9' 36.2"  W.