Wienhausen, Christ enthroned in mandorla
ID:
345
Original Country:
Germany
Region:
Niedersachsen (Lower Saxony)
Creator:
perhaps the nuns of Wienhausen
Sorting Title:
Wienhausen, Christ enthroned in mandorla
Subject:
This miniature illumination on pergament depicts Christ enthroned with the lamb within a mandorla. Christ's right hand is raised in blessing. A text band emerging from Christ's throne reads: "ego sum qui sum."
Creation Date:
1250-1300
Century:
13th
Format Medium:
pergament; illumination on pergament
Original Location:
Wienhausen
Historical Context:
This is one of the devotional images found beneath the floor boards of the nuns' choir in Wienhausen in 1953.
Descriptive Notes:
This depiction of a youthful Christ, offering a blessing from his apocalyptic throne recalls the imagery found in the Golden Evangeliar of Bishop Bernward of Hildesheim (ca. 1015). See Kloster Wienhausen: Der Fund vom Nonnenchor
Current Repository:
Wienhausen
Photo Credit:
Kloster Wienhausen
Statement:
Abbess Renate von Randow; Wolfgang Brandis
