Iconography

ARCHITECTURE

Germany / Birkenstein / St. Mariae Verkündigung / Paintings on the outside / Panel 5

RELIGIOUS ICONOGRAPHY

Old Testament / Genesis / Adam and Eve / Paradise / Tree of Life
Old Testament / Ezechiel (A.V. Ezekiel) / Vision of the Temple (Ez. 40-48) / The water coming forth from the Temple (Ez. 47:1-12) / Every soul drinking from this water will be healed
Virgin Mary / Iconography of the Virgin Mary / Miraculous Images / Birkenstein / History of the Pilgrimage / In 1710, the provost of Fischbachau laid the first stone for the new church in the shape of the Holy House of Loreto, replacing the original chapel
Saints / Apostles / Paul / Epistles of Paul / Ad Romanos / Rom. 11:16: Quod si delibatio sancta est, et massa : et si radix sancta, et rami (For if the firstfruit be holy, so is the lump also: and if the root be holy, so are the branches)

Further details

The quotation at the top comes from Ezechiel, stressing the healing powers of the Tree of Life. The first quotation at the bottom could not be identified, it speaks of multiplying the Tree of Life, the second is a garbled rendering of Rom. 11:16

Artist or creator

Weidinger, Johann Georg (active by 1761)

Date

1761

Location

Birkenstein, St. Mariae Verkündigung

Associated persons

Berthold Kress (Photographer (digital))

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