Glossary entry

German term or phrase:

Martersäule

English translation:

Pillar of the Scourging

Added to glossary by Colette Kinsella
Apr 23, 2006 14:16
18 yrs ago
German term

Martersäule

German to English Art/Literary History museum inventory
"Engel mit Martersäule, Predella des Heiligblut-Retables"

Photo caption for a museum catalogue

Thanks in advance

Discussion

Francis Lee (X) Apr 24, 2006:
Any info on e.g. what era/civilisation this is about?

Proposed translations

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Pillar of the Scourging


Martersäule , in der christlichen Kunst Darstellung der Geißelsäule Christi. Sie zählt zu den * Arma-Christi-Motiven und wird auch * Geißel- oder * Passionssäule genannt.



Passionssäule , Geißelsäule, Martersäule. Die Passionssäule wird zu den * Arma Christi gezählt und gehört damit zu den Symbolen für die Passion, die Leiden Christi.

Die Darstellung der Geißelung des nur mit einem Lendentuch oder einer Tunika bekleideten Jesus fand im 10. Jh. Eingang in die christliche Kunst und bezieht sich auf entsprechende Textstellen im NT (Matthäus 27, 26; * Markus 15, 15; * Johannes 19,1). Meist wird Jesus an der Passionssäule angebunden wiedergegeben, während ihn zwei Schergen mit Geißeln oder Ruten schlagen.

Bei frühen Bildern handelt es sich meist um vielfigurige Szenen, im 14. Jh. ist das Motiv reduziert auf Jesus und die ihn geißelnden Schergen und wird so zum Andachtsbild. Manchmal ist auf der Säule ein Hahn dargestellt, zur Erinnerung an die dreimalige * Verleugnung Christi durch Petrus in der Nacht der Gefangennahme Christi.

http://www.beyars.com/kunstlexikon/lexikon_5808.html

Jesus is 6-feet tall. The Roman scourgers had our Lord bend over a 3-foot pillar to endure the whipping — a whipping they administered to the front and back of Jesus’ Body. No normal person would have survived this scourging.

Researchers, in trying to comprehend in our modern understanding the severity of this beating, have likened the Scourging of Christ as equivalent to

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/1599076/posts

From St Zeno's chapel, you can enter the sanctuary of the Pillar of the Scourging. The relic was brought from the Holy Land in 1223 by Giovanni Cardinal Colonna the Younger, but it is unlikely that it is authentic. The marble and work is of too high quality for such a pillar, and there is a Pillar of the Scourging, of a more realistic form, in the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem.

http://roma.katolsk.no/prassede.htm


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The Sistine Chapel
At the top are angels with instruments of the Passion of Christ (the Cross, the Crown of Thorns, the Pillar of Scourging), reminding us that the possibility of salvation comes through Christ's sacrifice.

http://roma.katolsk.no/cappellasistina.htm
Peer comment(s):

agree Ingeborg Gowans (X)
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agree Textklick : Brockhaus: Martersäule, eine zum Gedenken an die Passion Christi aufgestellte Säule mit Darstellungen des Kreuzes und der Marterwerkzeuge...
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Many thanks for your detailed explanation and references. This fits in with my context. "
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torture pole

one would want to see a picture to be sure, though
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pillar of martyrdom

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saint's shrine

In Austria and southern Germany, the so-called Martersäulen can be found along the roads, or wherever a small column or shrine is placed to honor a a martyr or saint. They often have very little to do with martyrs, but are often placed at crossroads.
see picture
http://www.ro-radlwege.de/aRoradw/KirchKap/6westCh/aaaWChB.h...

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Kim's answer is also correct, but context will decide which is meant here. See Hartmann's Kunstlexikon
http://www.beyars.com/kunstlexikon/lexikon_5807.html
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agree Maurite Fober
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prayer station

Here are some pictures and explanations, because it's 1am and I can't think of a more apt term for your catalogue. It's often a little box with a picture or carving inside, on top of a small post, found along footpaths for people to stop and say a prayer at. Sometimes at the site of a long-ago accident. Best of luck.

http://www.rzuser.uni-heidelberg.de/~cd2/drw/e/ma/rter/saul/...

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didn't see Nancy's before posting mine, she's right
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martyr('s) pillar

Google brings many hits for this, and it's very close to the original term.
Peer comment(s):

agree Kathleen : Es steht so eine Säule im Zentrum Linz (Öst.), und eine Pestsäule in Wien!
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