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Maker(s):Unknown; Cranach the Elder, Lucas (after)
Culture:Swiss (16th century); German (1472-1553)
Title:Panel based on the "Passional Christi und Antichristi" with the arms of Griesser, Wene, and Schagg
Date Made:1574
Type:Stained Glass
Materials:glass; enamel; silver stain; red chalk (sanguine); pot-metal glass; flashing
Place Made:Europe; Switzerland
Measurements:Overall: 14 3/4 in x 10 3/8 in x 1/2 in; 37.5 cm x 26.4 cm x 1.3 cm
Accession Number:  AC 1951.309
Credit Line:From the Estate of Miss Isabel J. Turner
Museum Collection:  Mead Art Museum at Amherst College
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Description:
Inscriptions:
(upper left) Christus usz Herzlicher Demuth/ sin Jüngern die füess wesch/ en thut (Christ out of heartfelt humility washed the feet of his disciples)
(upper right) Usz Hoffart dem bapst sinen fus/ Kaiser und Kunig Küssen/ muss (Out of pride, the Pope makes emperors and kings kiss his feet)
(lower left) Christus in sinem abentmal / Den glouben uns sterkt allzemal (Christ with his Last Supper gives us strength in our faith)
lower right) Vom bapste die mesz erdichtet ist / Zur schmach desz lӱdens Jesu Christ (The mass is an invention of the Pope to disgrace the passion of Jesus Christ/ 1574
(shields) Bernhardtin Griesser / Hanns Wene / Bernhardtin Schagg
(Bernard Griesser, Hans Wene, and Bernard Schagg)

The translation is provided by Dr. Virginia Chieffo Raguin.

Tags:
symbolism; architecture; baths; Christianity; eating; feet; food; halos; men; priests; thrones; crosses; worship; text; royalty

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