France, Meurthe et Moselle, Battigny, Saint Germain church built between the end of the 12thcentury and the begining of the 13th century then the 15th
France, Meurthe et Moselle, Battigny, Saint Germain church built between the end of the 12thcentury and the begining of the 13th century then the 15th and the 16th century, the choir with a 15th and 16th centuries mural which represents a tetramorph also called the four living creatures which are the four creatures pulling the cart of the vision of Ezechiel first described in the book of Ezechiel then in the Apocalypse attributed to Saint Jean, later the Fathers of the Church considered them as the four Evangelists, the lion for Marc (bottom left), the bull for Luc (top left), the man for Saint Mathieu (top center), the eagle for Jean (right) surrounding Jesus Christ, the side chapels with a mural which represents two Saints bishops holding their crooks on the left, Saint Eloi with the hammer as patron saint of the blacksmiths on the right and Saint Nicolas resurrecting the three children patron saint of the inhabitants of the Lorrraine region on the left, on the left
Size: 5760px × 3840px
Photo credit: © Bertrand Gardel / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
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