This small devotional image depicts Christ prepared for burial in the form of a medallion. Text surrounds the image. One female figure in the foreground embraces the body of Christ, while two others stand in the background. Two male figures wearing hats, perhaps indicating their Jewish faith, surround the figure.
pergament; illumination on pergament
Wienhausen
This is one of the many small devotional images discovered under the floor boards of the nuns' choir in 1953.
effigy of Christ from Wienhausen; stained glass image of effigy of Christ; Wienhausen, Effigy of ChristWienhausen, Christ's burial (stained glass)Wienhausen, Nun's choir (details of Christ's crucifixion)Wienhausen, Nuns' choir detail of Christ prepared for burial
This image, likely produced by a nun of Wienhausen, may recall the convent's almost life-size effigy of Christ prepared for burial. The imagery suggests the close, emotional bond between Christ and Mary, who is portrayed embracing the body in the foreground. The iconography for this image may also have stemmed from the paintings in the nuns' choir, such as Wienhausen, Nun's choir (details of Christ's crucifixion), Wienhausen, Nuns' choir detail of Christ prepared for burial. This image may also reflect the community's observation of the liturgical drama of the deposition of Christ's body on black Friday. See Kloster Wienhausen: Der Fund vom Nonnenchor The hymn surrounding the image reads "O sepulcrum nobile rutilans decore Gemmam tenens celicam vernans in amore Redde thezaurum nobilem ... cernamus in Gloria"
Wienhausen
Abbess Renate von Randow; Wolfgang Brandis
