Detail of a Window with Scenes from the Legend of St. Vincent of Saragossa in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, January 2011

Scenes from the Legend of Saint Vincent of Saragossa and the History of His Relics

Date: ca. 1245–47

Geography: Made in, Paris, France

Culture: French

Medium: Pot-metal glass, vitreous paint, and lead

Dimensions: Overall: 147 x 43 1/2in. (373.4 x 110.5cm) Overall (Installation Opening): 144 x 41 1/2 in. (365.8 x 105.4 cm)

Classification: Glass-Stained Credit Line: Gift of George D. Pratt, 1924

Accession Number: 24.167a-k

Description:

The monks of Saint-Germain-des-Prés held a special devotion for Saint Vincent (died 304), as their abbey had been founded to receive a relic of the saint's tunic. The relic had been transported from Spain by the Merovingian king Childebert, who is shown here on horseback with his brother Lothar. The remaining scenes illustrate Saint Vincent's confrontations with the Roman proconsul Dacian.


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