Iconography

ARCHITECTURE

Germany / Birkenstein / St. Mariae Verkündigung / Paintings on the outside / Panel 4

RELIGIOUS ICONOGRAPHY

Old Testament / Judges / Gideon (Jud. 6-8) / Miracle of the fleece (Jud. 6:37-40) / Dew falls on the fleece but not on the surrounding earth (Jud. 6:37)
Old Testament / 2 Kings (A.V. II Samuel) / The Ark returns to Jerusalem (2 Kings 6-7) / The ark is brought from Obededom's house to Jerusalem (2 Kings 6:12)
Old Testament / Canticles (A.V. Song of Songs) / Cant. 2:13: Sponsus: Ficus protulit grossos suos ... Surge, amica mea ... (Bridegroom: The fig tree hath put forth her green figs ... Arise, my love ...) / Second part of verse: Surge, amica mea, speciosa mea, et veni (Arise, my love, my beautiful one, and come)
Old Testament / Ecclesiasticus / Ecclus 24:22: Ego quasi terebinthus extendi ramos meos (I have stretched out my branches as the turpentine tree)
Life of Christ / Ministry / Parables / The candle not placed under a bushel but on a candlestick (Mt. 5:15, Mc. 4:21, Lc. 11:33)
Life of Christ / Ministry / Parables / The lost groat (Lc. 15:8-10) / Adaptations
Life of Christ / Ministry / Parables / The mustard seed (Mt. 13:31-32, Mc. 4:31-32, Lc. 13:18-19) / Adaptations
Virgin Mary / Iconography of the Virgin Mary / Miraculous Images / Birkenstein / History of the Pilgrimage / After the chapel was built, pilgrims started arriving in 1673, and in 1692 an extension was added

Further details

At the centre rear the house in which the miraculous image had been kept, in the centre left the procession to transfer it, at the right the new chapel

Artist or creator

Weidinger, Johann Georg (active by 1761)

Date

1761

Location

Birkenstein, St. Mariae Verkündigung

Associated persons

Berthold Kress (Photographer (digital))

Rights and Permissions

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Contact

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