10 June 2007
The municipal museum in Mechelen, Belgium had some cool stuff.
This is a sculpture of St John the Baptist's head on a platter.
10 June 2007
The municipal museum in Mechelen, Belgium had some cool stuff.
This is some sort of devotional artwork that resembles a reliquary, but is actually a collage. It's unique to the region.
10 June 2007
The municipal museum in Mechelen, Belgium had some cool stuff.
This is some sort of devotional artwork that resembles a reliquary, but is actually a collage. It's unique to the region.
10 June 2007
The municipal museum in Mechelen, Belgium had some cool stuff.
This is some sort of devotional artwork that resembles a reliquary, but is actually a collage. It's unique to the region.
10 June 2007
This crucified woman may be a depiction of a martyr, or may be a legendary saint.
The statue is in the municipal museum in Mechelen, Belgium
10 June 2007
The municipal museum in Mechelen, Belgium had some cool stuff.
This is some sort of devotional artwork that resembles a reliquary, but is actually a collage. It's unique to the region.
10 June 2007
Statues of saints, including a martyr, can be found in the municipal museum in Mechelen, Belgium
10 June 2007
The Grote Markt in Mechelen, Belgium was having a special event involving lawn bowling.
10 June 2007
The stadhuis in Mechelen, Belgium
10 June 2007
A building on the Grote Markt in Mechelen, Belgium
I think the wire coming out the window has something to do with the nearby carrilon, but I don't know for sure.
10 June 2007
The Grote Markt in Mechelen, Belgium was having a special event involving lawn bowling.
10 June 2007
The Grote Markt in Mechelen, Belgium
10 June 2007
The Grote Markt in Mechelen, Belgium
10 June 2007
The Grote Markt in Mechelen, Belgium
10 June 2007
The stadhuis in Mechelen, Belgium
10 June 2007
The stadhuis in Mechelen, Belgium
10 June 2007
Near the Grote Markt in Mechelen, Belgium
10 June 2007
The pedestrian / tourist signs in Mechelen depicted not only the direction to the landmark, but also a historical event associated with it.
10 June 2007
This statue in Mechellen had the intials SPQM on it.
Belgium
10 June 2007
Sint-Pieters- en Pauluskerk, a Jesuit church near the Grote Martk in Mechelen, Belgium
10 June 2007
Over the door of the Sint-Pieters- en Pauluskerk, a Jesuit church near the Grote Martk in Mechelen
Belgium
10 June 2007
Madonna and dead Jesus in the Sint-Pieters- en Pauluskerk
Mechelen, Belgium
10 June 2007
Angels festoon a confessional in the Sint-Pieters- en Pauluskerk
Mechelen, Belgium
10 June 2007
The pastoral candle, baptismal font and altar in the Sint-Pieters- en Pauluskerk
Mechelen, Belgium
10 June 2007
An altar with Madonna and child in the Sint-Pieters- en Pauluskerk
Mechelen, Belgium
10 June 2007
The main altar in the Sint-Pieters- en Pauluskerk
The small, gold, double arched doorways over the altar table are a tabernacle, which is a storage area for consecreated hosts. That is, bread that has been turned into Jesus during the mass. The red candle in the foreground is lit when such hosts are in the tabernacle so that folks who happen by can show the proper respect. The candle is not lit in the photo, so the tabernacle was empty.
Mechelen, Belgium
10 June 2007
The back of the Sint-Pieters- en Pauluskerk. In the top middle, the organ pipes are below a window.
Mechelen, Belgium
10 June 2007
A small altar in the Sint-Pieters- en Pauluskerk
Mechelen, Belgium
10 June 2007
The walls of the Sint-Pieters- en Pauluskerk had large paintings and the pillars had statues.
Mechelen, Belgium
10 June 2008
A chreub holds part of a snake while perched on the back of an aligator, riding behind a monkey.
A detail of the pulpit in the Sint-Pieters- en Pauluskerk, Mechelen, Belgium
