Last weekend the city Den Bosch in the Netherlands held 'The world of Jeroen Bosch', a festival turning the city centre into a medieval village: music, clothing, art, food, craftmenship, ...
Someone I cherish brought me a badge, an amulet for protecting pilgrims visiting the Maria statue in the St Jan church.
The silver tin replica contains consecrated soil from around the St Jan and dust from around the Maria altar.
It is made by Marc van de Aa.
The badge on a page of a local newspaper advertising the festival.
(photo p kouwenberg)
(photo p kouwenberg)
Sweet mother Maria in cathedral (Source Bossche encyclopedie)
Next to the Book of Miracles.
Next to the Book of Miracles.
Painting by unknown De Lakenmarkt, medieval market in centre of Den Bosch. This painting was also part of the splendid Jheronimus Bosch exposition in the Noord Brabants Museum earlier in 2016
Drawings market Den Bosch
Photograph of Jheronimus Bosch exposition in the Noord Brabants Museum.
(photo by Omroep Brabant, Henk van Esch)
Until 11 09 2016 at the Museo del Prado in Madrid.
Some extra's
17 Women workes for 2 years to provide the 150 dresses worn during the festival.
(Source Brabants Dagblad.
Photo Marc Bolsius)
A quick impression of the festival, 1 minute
(by Jheronimus Bosch,
well, probably by a festival employee ;-)
well, probably by a festival employee ;-)
