Romański tympanon kościoła parafialnego w Wysocicach. Głos w dyskusji
The Romanesque Tympanum of the Parish Church in Wysocice: Another Opinion in the Debate

Summary/Abstract: This article challenges some of the previously-held opinions and is itself a supplement to earlier issues. The tympanum has been wrongly supposed to have been crudely wrought. It is incomplete, but there are some fragments which show the work of a skillful artist. It has actually been attributed to the oeuvre of a workshop operating in Strzelno (but not as an imitation) and has been inaccurately stated to have been influenced by the sculptures of Master Wiligelm and the Italian workshop operating in Heiligenkreuz. It is, rather, a work “parallel to” those examples from Alsace, the Rheinland and Saxony. The tympanum from Strzelno both commemorates and complements the foundation of the church by Bishop Odrowąż, and shows theological truths and the history of Salvation according to the “Prologue” of Saint John (Maiestas Domini and the Nativity), whilst simultaneously visualising the dogma of the hypostatic union of the two natures of Christ. This allows us to understand the whole of the tympanum from both the “dogmatic” and “historical” perspectives as being the history of Salvation (with the founder holding the Eucharistic chalice, reminding us of Christ’s presence in the sacrament of the Eucharist).

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