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Carmelite Windows of the Monastery in Boxmeer Boxmeer, The Netherlands |
The
Prophet Elijah The Prophet Eliseus The Procession of the Carmelites St. Mary Magdalene de' Pazzi The Jackob Windows (The Sabbatine Privilege) St. Telesphorus, pope St. Albert of Sicily |
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| In 1652, Count Albert van den Bergh (1607-1656) concluded
an agreement with the noted Daniel of the Virgin Mary, then prior
provincial of the Flemish province, to build a Carmelite convent in his
domain. His wife, Magdalene de Cusance, had become acquainted with the Carmelites in Brussels and Geldern. The convent was erected (1652-1709) next to the parish church, the care of which the Carmelites took over. Boxmeer survived the French Revolution and the secularization of the 19th century to become the seed from which sprang modern Carmel in the Netherlands. The 15th century church, with embellishments from subsequent centuries, did not survive the Second World War. However, the monastery and its artifacts survived, including the stained glass windows in the cloister made on designs by Abraham van Diepenbeke (d. 1675) |
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View of the outside of the Carmelite monastery in Boxmeer, The Netherlands with the steeple of the Carmelite church, St. Peters in the distance. | |
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A floor plan for the main section of the Boxmeer monastery, The 18 windows are located around in the smallest square on the drawing. These four walls divide the interior cloister walk from the interior garden. | |
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The windows as seen from the interior garden of the cloister. To appreciate the windows, one my view them from the other side. | |