A Dutch stained-glass window in the H. Blood Church at Wilsnack (Germany) ; Een Nederlands gebrandschilderd glas in de Heilig Bloedkerk te Wilsnack (Duitsland)

Although in the Netherlands medieval stained glass windows only have been preserved fragmentarily sources like the accounts of the Lords of Voorne prove that the Dutch art of glass painting was very prosperous already in the beginning of the 15th century. The window Lord Frank van Borselen in 1460 gave to the H. Blood Church at Wilsnack (Brandenburg) had ninety-four panels of which eighty were painted. The miracle of the H. Blood would have taken place in 1383. Three consecrated wafers on the altar of the Church of St. Nicholas came to no harm of the fire, which completely burnt down the old C... Mehr ...