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Vol. 83 (1995): Our Past

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The late Gothic pentaptych from the post-Cistercian church in Bukowo Morskie, founded by Abbot Henryk Kresse

  • Zofia Krzymuska-Fafius
DOI: https://doi.org/10.52204/np.1995.83.473-496  [Google Scholar]
Published: 1995-06-30

Abstract

The pentaptych comes from the main altar of the former Cistercian abbey in Bukowo Morskie, founded by Prince Światopełk in the mid-13th century. The altar was made of oak wood, with carved figures on the inside and a pair of polychrome exterior wings. In the central panel there is an alabaster figure of the Virgin Mary with the Child wearing a crown. In the period just after 1945, oak carvings were removed from the altar, which was left unattended in an abandoned church. In the 1960s, after conservation works, the outer wings together with the preserved polychrome were handed over to the Museum of Central Pomerania in Słupsk. The paintings of the first pair of panels deal with hagiographic themes, including: Adoration of Mary and Baby Jesus by Saint. Bernard, vision of Christ St. Bernard. The second pair of panels presents the patrons of professions and matters important to the monastery, including: safety of navigation, protection of the monastery against disasters, protection of monks against sudden death. The founder of the altar, Heinrich Kresse, is shown kneeling at the feet of Saint. Barbara, patroness of contemplative life and protector against storms and lightning. He was probably the author of the general design of the altar, which seems to express the Roman Catholic faith at a time when the wave of the Reformation was already sweeping the country.

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