Entry into Jerusalem
Panel
ca. 1375 (made)
ca. 1375 (made)
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This stained-glass panel comes from a window that showed Christ’s Entry into Jerusalem. It shows the crowd waving palm branches, shouting ‘Hosanna’ and laying a garment on the ground for Christ to pass over. Originally, the panel came from the choir windows in Erfurt Cathedral in the eastern part of Germany.
The Entry into Jerusalem is seen as the beginning of the Christian Holy Week leading up to Easter. The day is known as ‘Palm Sunday’, in reference to the palms that the people waved as Christ rode through the gate of the city on a donkey.
The custom of commemorating the event with palms and processions does not appear in liturgical texts before about the 8th century. However, we do have a pilgrim’s account dating from the late 4th century that records the ceremonies celebrated in Jerusalem during Holy Week. It refers to a procession with palms that re-enacted Christ’s triumphal entry.
The Entry into Jerusalem is seen as the beginning of the Christian Holy Week leading up to Easter. The day is known as ‘Palm Sunday’, in reference to the palms that the people waved as Christ rode through the gate of the city on a donkey.
The custom of commemorating the event with palms and processions does not appear in liturgical texts before about the 8th century. However, we do have a pilgrim’s account dating from the late 4th century that records the ceremonies celebrated in Jerusalem during Holy Week. It refers to a procession with palms that re-enacted Christ’s triumphal entry.
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| Title | Entry into Jerusalem (generic title) |
| Materials and techniques | Clear and coloured glass with painted details |
| Brief description | Stained glass panel depicting part of the Entry into Jerusalem. Originally from Erfurt Cathedral in eastern Germany, c.1375. |
| Physical description | Panel of clear and coloured glass with painted details. The man on the left of the panel is wearing a short red tunic with a maroon hood (the hood down). He is wearing light coloured tights with built-in leather soles and stuffing at the tip to form long-pointed shoes. He is in the act of spreading a yellow garment with sleeves on the ground. To his right is another man, wearing a short maroon tunic with yellow tights with built-in shoes. Over this he wears a long blue gown with a hood covering his head. In his right hand he lifts up a yellow palm. Behind the figures is a diaper pattern of green scrolling foliage. |
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| Gallery label | PART OF THE ENTRY INTO JERUSALEM
This panel once formed part of the scene of Christ's Entry into Jerusalem in a large window dedicated to the Passion of Christ in the choir of Erfurt Cathedral. The panel now in its place at Erfurt was made in 1899. The V&A panel now lacks the inscription which originally ran below it and the fruit in the top left-hand corner is an insertion.
Germany (Thuringia), about 1375
Museum no. C.200-1912((PW) 2004) |
| Object history | Originally from a window dedicated to the Passion of Christ in the Cathedral of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Erfurt, eastern Germany. Part of a 'set' of 4 panels (the others being English panels) purchased from the art collector Grosvenor Thomas. |
| Production | From the Cathedral of the Blessed Virgin Mary (Mariendom), Erfurt, Germany. |
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| Literary reference | New Testament |
| Summary | This stained-glass panel comes from a window that showed Christ’s Entry into Jerusalem. It shows the crowd waving palm branches, shouting ‘Hosanna’ and laying a garment on the ground for Christ to pass over. Originally, the panel came from the choir windows in Erfurt Cathedral in the eastern part of Germany. The Entry into Jerusalem is seen as the beginning of the Christian Holy Week leading up to Easter. The day is known as ‘Palm Sunday’, in reference to the palms that the people waved as Christ rode through the gate of the city on a donkey. The custom of commemorating the event with palms and processions does not appear in liturgical texts before about the 8th century. However, we do have a pilgrim’s account dating from the late 4th century that records the ceremonies celebrated in Jerusalem during Holy Week. It refers to a procession with palms that re-enacted Christ’s triumphal entry. |
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| Accession number | C.200-1912 |
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| Record created | July 15, 2002 |
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