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Staniszewska, Maria Kazimiera: Vidi coelum novum et terram novam: treści ideowe i geneza form kaplicy Matki Boskiej Karmelitańskiej we Frydmanie
DOI Seite / Zitierlink: https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.41992#0034
the form of a glazed star, and numerous wooden sculptures decorating niches in the walls.
The chapel used to be a pilgrimage site and became the founder s resting place. The paper
discusses the history of the chapel, the religious and political context of its foundation as
well as problems explored in earlier studies, both popular and scholarly ones, with special
attention deyoted to the article by Jan Białostocki and Adam Miłobędzki, from 1957, that
has seryed as a crucial point of reference in the existing interpretations of the chapel.
Further, the article attempts to elucidate the still unresolved problem of the origins of the
chapels plan and forms of its retable, pointing to the traits they share with the sacred archi-
tecture of pilgrimage sites, particularly shrines. The Chapel of the Holy Shroud in Turin has
been suggested as the closest counterpart for the Frydman chapel as far as its architectural
plan, the retable type and the way of displaying relics are concerned. The soft, flowing lines
of the a-tectonic forms of the retable, in turn, seem to resemble South-German small-scale
architectural church furnishings from the mid-eighteenth century.
As far as the message carried by the decoration of Our Lady of Mount Carmel Chapel is
concerned, selected Old- and New Testament figures, depicted in the retable and wali niches,
have been identified, and particular themes represented in the above decoration have been
determined. The first, sepulchral, theme is manifested in the unmarked burial site of Father
Lorencs, located ad sanctos, in the immediate proximity of the relics of catacomb saints.
The next, Carmelite, theme is related to the Scapular Confraternity that had been associated
with the chapel and church. The paper discusses also the Marian symbolism of the chapel,
already explored to some extent in earlier literaturę, and its prominent Christological and
Eucharistic themes, which have hitherto not been adeąuately examined. In conclusion, Our
Lady of Mount Carmel Chapel is considered as a symbolic representation of the Heavenly
Jerusalem and a powerful profession of faith in the intercession of saints and the Virgin Mary
before God. 0
Translated by Joanna Wolańska
34
ARTYKUŁY
Maria Kazimiera Staniszewska
The chapel used to be a pilgrimage site and became the founder s resting place. The paper
discusses the history of the chapel, the religious and political context of its foundation as
well as problems explored in earlier studies, both popular and scholarly ones, with special
attention deyoted to the article by Jan Białostocki and Adam Miłobędzki, from 1957, that
has seryed as a crucial point of reference in the existing interpretations of the chapel.
Further, the article attempts to elucidate the still unresolved problem of the origins of the
chapels plan and forms of its retable, pointing to the traits they share with the sacred archi-
tecture of pilgrimage sites, particularly shrines. The Chapel of the Holy Shroud in Turin has
been suggested as the closest counterpart for the Frydman chapel as far as its architectural
plan, the retable type and the way of displaying relics are concerned. The soft, flowing lines
of the a-tectonic forms of the retable, in turn, seem to resemble South-German small-scale
architectural church furnishings from the mid-eighteenth century.
As far as the message carried by the decoration of Our Lady of Mount Carmel Chapel is
concerned, selected Old- and New Testament figures, depicted in the retable and wali niches,
have been identified, and particular themes represented in the above decoration have been
determined. The first, sepulchral, theme is manifested in the unmarked burial site of Father
Lorencs, located ad sanctos, in the immediate proximity of the relics of catacomb saints.
The next, Carmelite, theme is related to the Scapular Confraternity that had been associated
with the chapel and church. The paper discusses also the Marian symbolism of the chapel,
already explored to some extent in earlier literaturę, and its prominent Christological and
Eucharistic themes, which have hitherto not been adeąuately examined. In conclusion, Our
Lady of Mount Carmel Chapel is considered as a symbolic representation of the Heavenly
Jerusalem and a powerful profession of faith in the intercession of saints and the Virgin Mary
before God. 0
Translated by Joanna Wolańska
34
ARTYKUŁY
Maria Kazimiera Staniszewska