At the beginning of this month, we shared Nicola’s pictures of the abbey of St Martin in Disentis, a town in the Swiss canton of Grisons, about 35 miles to the southeast of Lucerne. Today we follow up with his pictures from the abbey’s museum, which has a lot of very beautiful liturgical items.
A bronze processional cross from sometime after the middle of the 12th century. As is typical in Romanesque art, Our Lord is show standing upright to indicate that even in the midst of His sufferings, He is still the creator and sustainer of the world.
A modern copy of a thurible made ca. 1200.
A decorated medieval alb.
A very old piece of textile work which reproduces the type of gemmed cross often seen in early Christian mosaics.
A decoration for a cope, with the Three Magi adoring the baby Jesus, made of gold and silk threads. Spanish, 16th century.
A chasuble originally made in Spain in the 13th century in a semi-circular form; later cut down, and trimmed with silk, ca.1400. The decorative strip with the figures of St Lawrence, Martin of Tours, and another Saint was originally part of it.
A Baroque statue of St Peter.
A Baroque processional cross.
