Salvete Omnes,
happy Easter - wesolego Aleluja Χριστὸς ἀνέστη! Ἀληθῶς ἀνέστη! Хрїсто́съ воскре́се! - Вои́стинꙋ воскре́се!,
Easter -Па́сха - has come, and tomorrow the wet Smigus Dyngus (Easter Monday/Dyngus Day обливаний понеділок ), our old Slavic pagan ritual.
Happy Easter, happy Passover, Joyful Smigus Dyngus - health, good fortune and prosperity to all; do bless and exchange your pisanki with family and friends -:) .
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| Shroud of Turin Christ |
May peace return to this Earth.
Valete
Salvete Omnes,
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| Raphael Santi's Resurrection , currently in Brazil |
it is a beautiful Sunday - Easter Sunday
happy Easter - wesolego Aleluja, Chrystus zmartwychwstał! Prawdziwie zmartwychwstał - Χριστὸς ἀνέστη! Ἀληθῶς ἀνέστη!
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and a very interesting 1420s (XV century) northern German painting of Crucifixion, unknown master
Valete
Salvete Omnes,
let us pray for peace and end of human suffering around the world as the Easter holiday is upon us.
we, in the Catholic Christianity, are in the Semana Santa - Holy Week/Swiety Tydzien, aleady in the third day of this last day of Lent.
Last year I did a post about Semena Santa in Spain and Palm-frond like arrangements - you can take a look here.
And I would like to share this Crucifixion by Conrad Laib (c.1410-1460), active in Salzburg, Holy Germany Empire.
Apart from the religious subject matter and artistic value, this work contains lots of information about the horses, horse tack and armor and even weapons of the era.
Bridles, spurs, stirrups, bits - a bonanza of material culture .
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| here clearly a white mule, animal for clergy, with a very sumptuous bridle an saddle |
a do watch again the famous masterpiece - 'The Passion of the Christ' by Mel Gibson (or any other film about the Passion of Christ)
Valete
Salvete Omnes,
in the spirit of the incoming Easter holiday - and do pray for peace in Ukraine and to stop to the killing of Slavic Christians there..
The Roman missal here is a work of Italian painter (perhaps authored three manuscripts at Gallica) and scribe/s who delivered this XIV century luxurious missal -
Valete
Salvete Omnes,
Happy Easter - Christos Anesti "Χριστός ἀνέστη!"
May you be happy, joyful and full of energy.
May peace return to Ukraine .
Below there are some Easter/Resurrection related XVI century works of religious art .
* Jan Slupecki Epitaph - late XV century or early XVIc - Nationa Muzeum of Krakow - Polish coats of arms, heraldry and armor
* The follower of Hans Memling
Enjoy
Salvete Omnes,
Easter Sunday - celebrating our most holy and important feast day of the year, amid the second year of the Covid-19 political medicine reality.
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| Christ by Samostrzelnik, see more below, nota bene Ogonczyk coat of arms on the shield next to the fully armored knight |
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| one of my favorite saints - saint Martin - Polish noblemen were still very international(Europe-wide style) in their dress, weapons and horse tack |
Happy Easter with this crucifixion scene painted by Stanislaw Samostrzelnik, this beautiful illumination comes from a Polish late medieval missal made for bishop Erazm Ciolek, Sulima Coat of Arms (born of a burgher parents, he became a royal secretary and was able to claim the Sulima clan membership and thus became in fact and in law a nobleman ) - see the Sulima coat of arms at the bottom of the page.
This diplomat and man of Church was among the circle of favorites of His Royal Majesty Aleksander I (son of Kazimierz Jagielonczyk and grandshon of Wladyslaw Jagiello).
Valete
