The chapel of Mary Magdalene is located in the lowest part of the Miechów church tower. It can be accessed from the southern nave of the basilica through a black portal made of Dębnice marble. The chapel of St. Mary Magdalene is one of the few Gothic remains that can be found in the Miechów church. Initially, the place could have been a chapel of the Holy Sepulchre, which was located in the recess that houses a replica of a Gothic Nordic cross today. The chapel is crowned by a stellar vault being a decorative form of the cross-ribbed vaulting. Visitors’ attention is drawn to the polychrome from the first decade of the 15th century, discovered during the 2005–2006 renovation.. Among the stylised plant stalk motif are angels playing medieval instruments (triangulum, vielle, mandola, psalterium, and a portative organ). These images were probably elements of the ideological program linked to the founders of the chapel and their coats of arms, traces of which can be found in the keystone of the chapel vaulting. The Leszczyc coat of arms in one of the keystones belonged to Piotr Wysz, the Krakow bishop. In a recess under the window is a late Baroque painting of St. Mary of Magdala displayed in an elaborate dress and with her long hair worn loose.
Chapel of Mary Magdalene, Basilica of the Order of the Holy Sepulchre, Miechów
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