from Colmar, we are left only hours before the afternoon, but many of the art in the city has made the morning really interesting. We were to look at nine clock to the lower opening Linden-Museum, to the Isenheim altar. This is a work! Moving, I tell you. Matthias Gruenewald he has painted nearly 500 years ago. The altar stands in the choir of the church, which now belongs to the museum. He has been disassembled and placed in a row that you can see all three conversions. Thus, a different altar had been continually open and close, depending on whether just Lent, a holiday or festival of St. Anthony was.
Luisa and I got an audio guide that explained everything to us very well. We now know everything about the Isenheim altar. Just ask! And here is the most important. The picture that takes the most is the great crucifixion on the page for the fasting period. Jesus on the cross in front of a deep black background. The hands that nailed to the beams have access, with their fingers up as if they would plead. He hangs there with a terribly injured body. Under the cross Magdalene is all hunched and Mary, the mother breaks down in a swoon, and just held by John. A terrible scene. We had religious views in the Passion film by Martin Scorcese, but what Gruenewald has painted here is just terrible. The images of the second transformation are quite different. Brightly colored. Cheesy colorful, I would say. Also, from what is seen, fairly cheesy. As Mary sits with the baby Jesus in front of a music pavilion where many angels all make music. People have found earlier that determines beautiful, but today it seems a bit strange. Then there is also still see Jesus as he is resurrected and ascends in a gaudy yellow sun in the sky. Looks a bit like advertising. The absolute opposite of the first page. But nice of this contrast to be crucified. For the last conversion Gruenewald has painted two pictures with the Temptation of St. Anthony. Anthony was a hermit and just wanted to live in poverty somewhere in the desert in order to be able to pray undisturbed. But the devil is not fit and he has beautiful women, gold, and finally sent monsters to seduce Antony. You can see how trying the monsters rumzukriegen Antony. If they have not done. Anthony has remained steadfast.
Yes, and then came in front of these monsters such a typical Luisa comment. She said very dusty dry when Gruenewald alive today would he would not have the temptation of St. Anthony, but the temptation of St. Julia was painted. Why was that? Yes, "said Luisa, two scenes from the time when you have been with Christian together.
AUA!! LUISA!!
So actually I should have been angry. Christian is not a monster! But Luisa has a way to say it, totally dry and yet hysterical. I laughed so separation and my pain was gone in one step. Really! (Excuse me, Chris.) Luisa is a lot better than the Holy IPB Richardis in Andlau. I told her that I need but a picture and that is painted on the other the sacred Luisa as the patron saint of lovers separated. We then imagined what must look like the pictures. Oh man! It has been determined in this museum before. Two holy virgins who abkichern completely against these religious images. Oh, oh, oh. Embarrassing, embarrassing. But that's Luisa always so. You are hardly with her, she says something funny and you have to laugh all day about it.
After the museum we were in another church, where a famous picture was visible. A Madonna by Martin Schongauer. This is told that Albrecht Dürer, as he was quite young, has the Schongauer held for the best painter. He wanted to learn something from him and drove to the Alsace to meet him. But when he came to Strasbourg, Schongauer had just died. Duerer could only see the image that is now in Colmar. But even that was enough for him to be a good painter. To be honest, the Schongauer Madonna was much more lively and natural than this cheesy Gruenewald-Madonna of the altar.
Colmar led by another St. James, who comes from Breisach and Freiburg, back to our path. In Herrlisheim we have followed the tip from the Pilgerfuehrer and our City Hall got the key for the Jewish cemetery. A haunted place. I unpacked my violin and the graves beki Fiddelmusik made for the dead. Then it was up to the Couvent Saint-Marc, where the two roads come together again. The record is a convent with nuns, pilgrims. Before, it was here since the 7th Century Benedictine monastery. One of the first in Western Europe! We arrived quite late, because we're only started two clock to the 15 kilometers.
When we arrived, "said the nun, the other pilgrims are already here. Oops, another pilgrim, finally. I was really excited. We met in the lounge, Thomas and Marie, a couple from Stuttgart, which started in Breisach and want to Taiz. I think I have the same two fairly seized so great I thought it was me finally share with my peers. Although they were only two days on the road, but had already Camino experience because they have gone three years ago, the Camino in Spain. Well, the conversation was, however, rather peculiar. Thomas has told only wandermaessiges whether the signs were all still there and vote in the mileage information in Pilgerfuehrer. Somehow I had the feeling he is going the way to check whether the author has described his Pilgerfuehrers also all right. Well, I was also my experience that I had made between Wissembourg and Walbourg contribute. Thomas felt vindicated completely. I wonder what he does with the information it collects there. He sends all of the St. James Society to get a medal? Or he wrote one of this Pilgerbuechern, where you can read that the hostel was dirty and again has a snoring? I have always tried to tell him, hey, you're going but not because such a rotten few hostels and the signs of the path. But from the Camino Francés keep it apparently has nothing else. Anyway, he only talked about it. Marie was rather quiet and has participated in our little conversation. Luisa tried to bring our experiences in the museum. When Isenheim altar but they are not for him, because you go very early already on the way must, and we were so funny because they have not ignored. We are probably in her eyes two silly geese, which makes everything so wrong. Well, every pilgrim on his way.
The next morning they have already gone off early. We were at the morning service in the church and have breakfast at the left sooo much time. Why would it?
The day belonged to us again and the way Guebwiller was fantastic. It was mostly woods, pretty up and down, but not nearly as in the Mount Sainte-Odile. And always there were great views. Even at the very beginning of the Monastery of Notre Dame de Schauenburg. First there was a castle and then the owner of the castle there founded a monastery. I can well understand why the castle has been called Schauenburg. Luis made the ascents and descents and some pains they felt at our very first stage recalls. If all the ways of Saint James so tiring, she asked? Yes, it is. So I think the pilgrims but a bit exhausting. But mostly I've coped well. Except for the horror trip to Walbourg. Well, history. We have again made a lot of breaks and looked into the landscape. The weather has also played the game. En route we visited the small chapel in the world. Notre Dame de Huebel. Actually, only one box. Real mini. With Mary, who holds the dead Jesus on her lap. And we were in Schaefertal where Mary Schaefer has a cut on a sultry day, the water from the rock. The week before last they would have to make time for me. But I was there in the wrong area. Because there are mineral springs. In Soulzmatt we could bottle the water spitzenmaessigen refill with soda water. Also has a winery there are given a bottle of wine. Just like that. We drink tonight here in Guebwiller.
Here in Guebwiller I would have gone to the Dominican church, because in Pilgerfuehrer is that there is a good acoustics. An idea for my violin. But in the old church, the Roman is also a good sound. First, I played inside and outside then what made street music. In Colmar, I gained so not bad. Given that was just a music festival and all had a sense of music. Not so much, but Guebwiller is also only a small place. After all, this is a suburb of Guebwiller Isenheim, where the altar Gruenewald has been earlier. Since there was namely a hospital for people who have had ergot poisoning. We have had times in Bio. This is a fungus that attacks the grain and all who have eaten it, eats slowly from within. This creates a crazy burning in the body. Scary. Today we are fortunate that no more, because the grain can be cleaned better. But many have died earlier. And the Order of St. Anthony the patient has maintained until her death. To comfort the poisoned they can paint the great altar. He was set up so that all have it from their hospital beds in this case.
Thomas and Marie, we have not met again. Although they also wanted to Guebwiller. When pilgrims reception, the Accueil de Pelerins, they were not. Is probably fairly new and is not available in Pilgerfuehrer. The address I have from a very recent accommodation of the Alsatian James Society.
Bisou
vôtre Julie
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