Iconography

ARCHITECTURE

Germany / Altomünster / Upper Choir

RELIGIOUS ICONOGRAPHY

Images of Christ / With orb (Pantocrator, Salvator Mundi)
Saints / Saints A - Z / Bridget (Birgitta) / Life / Vision of heavenly crown
Miscellaneous / Religious Orders / Bridgetines

SECULAR ICONOGRAPHY

Coats-of-Arms / Clergy / Religious Orders / Bridgetines (Bridgetine Cross)
Emblems, imprese and devices - catalogue / Flowers / Vines / Growing around cross-staffs

Further details

The two vines at the left side surmounted by Bridgetine crosses stand for the male and female branches of the Bridgetines, the angels at the bottom allude to St Bridget's vision of the heavenly crown and the 'crown' that is part of the nuns' habit

Artist or creator

Baldauff, Ignatz (died 1783)

Date

1767 (circa)

Location

Altomünster, St. Alto

Associated persons

Berthold Kress (Photographer (digital))

Rights and Permissions

This material is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial 3.0 Unported License

Contact

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