Title
Christmas vision of Birgitta of Sweden
Description
Sandstone altarpiece (retable): Christmas vision of Bridget of Sweden, circa 1400, in the Magdeburg Cathedral. The altarpiece was created at the initiative of a Magdeburg canon who simultaneously received a stipend (prebend/benefice) serving as a canon in Lund, Sweden.
On the right, at the top, there is an addition that does not derive from Bridget’s vision: an oval figure (mandorla) with Christ and the Church pictured together as a crowned couple. On the right, at the bottom, the canon donor is pictured, to the left next to him Bridget seated at a teacher’s podium (cathedra), holding the book of her visions in her hands, then Bridget in her youth (or childhood) praying to the newborn Christ child. (from https://www.heiligenlexikon.de/Literatur/Birgitta-Weihnachtsvision.html, translated by Michael Kicey)
On the right, at the top, there is an addition that does not derive from Bridget’s vision: an oval figure (mandorla) with Christ and the Church pictured together as a crowned couple. On the right, at the bottom, the canon donor is pictured, to the left next to him Bridget seated at a teacher’s podium (cathedra), holding the book of her visions in her hands, then Bridget in her youth (or childhood) praying to the newborn Christ child. (from https://www.heiligenlexikon.de/Literatur/Birgitta-Weihnachtsvision.html, translated by Michael Kicey)
Creator
Welch, Claude Emerson
Publisher
State University of New York at Buffalo
Date
2018-04
Rights
Use for educational purposes only. Single copies (print, photocopy, download) are permitted for personal study, research and teaching.
Format
image/jpeg
Type
Image
Identifier
psc001_psc3016
Coverage
German
Magdeburg (Germany)
Is Part Of
Welch-Ludwig Collection
PSC001
Collection
Citation
Welch, Claude Emerson, “Christmas vision of Birgitta of Sweden,” Digital Collections - University at Buffalo Libraries, accessed May 6, 2024, https://digital.lib.buffalo.edu/items/show/93253.