Hortus conclusus / Enclosed garden. Mechelen, ca.1520-1530 : 無料・フリー素材/写真
Hortus conclusus / Enclosed garden. Mechelen, ca.1520-1530 / e³°°°
| ライセンス | クリエイティブ・コモンズ 表示-継承 2.1 |
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| 説明 | View also large !The museum of the city of Mechelen (Schepenhuis) in Flanders, Belgium posesses a very rare and beautiful collection of "enclosed gardens" (in Dutch "besloten hofjes", in Latin "hortus conclusus") made by nuns in the first decades of the 16th century. It was a speciality of the nuns (Augustinessen - gasthuiszusters) and beguins of Mechelen to make such wealthy scenes in cabinets : late gothic, wooden and painted puppets (of Our Lady, or Christ, or saints and other figures), silk flowers, reliquaries, textile etc...The "hortus conclusus" is a symbol ot the mystical garden of paradise, it also stands for the "clausure" of a cloister, for virginity, for devotion to Christ. Nuns were "brides of Christ" (that's why they wear a veil, consider it as a brides' veil).This picture : a hortus conclusus/besloten hofje/enclosed garden with St Ursula (center), Elisabeth (on the left) and Catherine (on the right with a sword), made ca. 1520-1530. |
| 撮影日 | 2008-02-03 11:11:19 |
| 撮影者 | e³°°° , in Flanders fields - B - United Tribes ov Europe |
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