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Preferred term

Jesus Christ: Artisan  

Definition(s)

  • Late medieval image, found almost exclusively in wall paintings, mid 14th-mid 16th cs., in southern England and Wales, and the Alpine regions of France, Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Slovenia and northern Italy; some isolated examples also appear in Bohemia and on the Baltic coast; usually feature a central Man of Sorrows surrounded by a multitude of pictograms depicting tools and activities of the various crafts and trades, such as axes, knives, scissors, wheels (milling), or a balance of scales; in a number of especially violent examples, these tools not only encroach upon, but lacerate the Corpus Christi, causing him to bleed from numerous additional wounds [www.h-net.msu.edu/]

Synonym(s)

  • Christ of the trades
  • Feiertagschristus
  • Handwerkerchristus
  • Jesus Christ: Christ of the trades
  • Jesus Christ: Sunday Christ
  • Jesus Christ: With craftsmen's tools
  • Sonntagschristus
  • Sunday Christ

Notation

  • 121328

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URI

http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JLC-Q9FDK220-X

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