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| 3332 Entombment of Christ in Saint-Pierre de Carennac church |
Posted on 28.12.2019, 01.01.2019, 04.01.2020
Carennac, one of the most beautiful villages of France, lies in the fertile valley of the Dordogne River, nestled under the barren, parched plateau locally named 'le Causse', and belongs to the historical region of Quercy. Among its most remarkable landmarks is a medieval Clunisian priory, combining 11th-century church of Saint Pierre, and cloister, which features a 15th-century mise au tombeau (entombment of Christ). |
| 3323 Entombment of Christ in Saint-Pierre de Carennac church (detail) (2) |
It is impressive by the painful expression of the characters, at the center of which is the crying Virgin Mary, supported by Mary of Clopas, Mary Salomé and Mary Magdalene. Christ, whose face is full of sweetness, is stretched out on a stone table. The shroud is supported by Joseph of Arimathea, on the right, and Nicodemus, on the left, the two disciples who detached the body of Christ from the Cross and buried it.
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| 3311 Entombment of Christ in Saint-Pierre de Carennac church (detail) (2) |
About the stamps
Both stamps are part of the series 1939 - 1945 WWII, The Time of Memory Has Come, about which I wrote here.
Sender 3311, 3323, 3332: Jean Yves Gerlat
Sent from Lancey / Villard-Bonnot (Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes / France), on 25.01.2018
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