Root Jesse Window (Moulins)

Root Jesse Window in Moulins (Ille-et-Vilaine)

The Wurzel-Jesse window in the Catholic parish church of St-Martin in Moulins , a French parish in the Ille-et-Vilaine department in the Brittany region , was created around 1575. The leaded glass window was added to the list of architectural monuments in France in 1907 as Monument historique .

The three-part window in the north transept was created in Michel Bayonne's studio in Rennes , who made many stained glass windows in the region. 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 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 the baby Jesus.

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

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  Jesse asleep (middle)

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  Kings of Israel

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  Mary with the child, above the dove as a symbol of the Holy Spirit

literature

• Le Patrimoine des Communes d'Ille-et-Vilaine. Flohic Editions, Volume 1, Paris 2000, ISBN 2-84234-072-8 , p. 667.
• Françoise Gatouillat, Michel Hérold: Les vitraux de Bretagne. (= Corpus Vitrearum ). Volume VII, Presses Universitaires de Rennes, Rennes 2005, ISBN 2-87535-0151-3 , pp. 252-253.

Web links

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Individual evidence

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

Coordinates: 48 ° 0 ′ 11.3 "  N , 1 ° 22 ′ 20.8"  W.