Iconography

ARCHITECTURE

Germany / Elbach / St. Andreas / Nave - vault

GODS AND MYTHS

Worship of Pagan Gods / Pagan gods in the background of Hagiographic scenes

RELIGIOUS ICONOGRAPHY

Saints / Apostles / Andrew / Cycles / Elbach, St. Andreas (Bavarian, 1722, with emblems)
Saints / Apostles / Andrew / Life / Saying Mass
Saints / Apostles / Andrew / Life / Refusing to worship idols
The Church / Liturgy / Roman Rite / Mass / Canon / Elevation of the Host

Further details

The text means: 'Every day I sacrifice to the true God the stainless Lamb on the altar', words directed by James to Aegas

Artist or creator

Bavaria perhaps painted by Paul Clumayr, a local schoolmaster

Date

1722

Location

Elbach, St. Andreas

Associated persons

Ian Jones (Photographer (digital))

Notes on photograph

Bibliographic Citation

Corpus der barocken Deckenmalerei in Deutschland, vol. 2, Munich 1981, p. 467, no. B

Rights and Permissions

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

Acknowledgements

Record created with the generous support of the Dean’s Development Fund, School of Advanced Study’

Contact

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