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Wroclaw, Poland
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A medieval depiction of Wroclaw. | |
Print of the convent, made in 1562. (Dr. Joanna Szeczesna) | |
Copy of a drawing of the convent made in 1589. (Dr. Joanna Szeczesna) | |
A very old photograph of the main portal of St. Vincent's Abbey Church, Wroclaw. Since 1546 this portal has been in the south wall of the Church of St. Mary Magdalene in Wroclaw. | |
A much more recent view (Dr. Joanna Szeczesna) | |
A full frontage view of the Portal, end
of the 12th century, sandstone, since 1546 in southern wall of
St. Maria Magdalena church in Wroclaw. The
set–off portal protruding ahead of the face of the wall is equipped with
three pairs of columns and a pair of posts upholding four bolsters of the
semicircular archivolt. The shafts of the columns are ornamented with
floral and geometrical decoration. There are floral, figural and fantasy
animal ornaments on the capitals and the floral and figural embellishment
on the posts. The shafts of the attic columns are adorned with leaves and
angle spurs. The inside of the archivolt has a geometrical and figural décor
(the scenes of: The Annunciation of
Virgin Mary, The Annunciation to the Shepherds, The Birth of Christ, The
Adoration of the Magi, The Offertory in the Temple and
The Baptism in the River Jordan), two of them with the motif of a
palmette tendril, one with vine sprouts. (Dr. Joanna Szeczesna) |
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Closeup of the archivolts. (Dr. Joanna Szeczesna) | |
Double-sided tympanum, obverse.
End
of the 12th century, sandstone, 100x210cm, now in National
Museum in Wroclaw. (Dr. Joanna Szeczesna) |
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Double-sided tympanum, reverse.
On the reverse, there is The Dormition of Mary. On the axis there is a bed with Mary covered with a long cape in it. On the sides, there are figures of apostles, six of them on each side. Their heads are held up and their eyes are gazing at Christ with the soul of Mary shown as an infant soaring over the bed. At the top on both sides in the spheres marked by the arches, there are angelic choirs. (Dr. Joanna Szeczesna) |
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