PROTESTANT AND CATHOLIC IMAGERY IN SWISS STAINED GLASS ©Virginia C. Raguin

SW1. Passionale Christi and Antichristi , 1521 Wittenberg. Author: Phillip Melanchthon and Johann Schwertfeger (attributed); artist: Lucas Cranach. Christ is contrasted to the Pope as antichrist (see Revelations).

SW2. Religious Panel based on the Passionale Christi and Antichristi
Switzerland, Schaffhausen, 1574. Inscriptions at the upper level: Left: "Christ out of heartfelt humility washed the feet of his disciples. Right: Out of pride the pope makes emperors and kings kiss his feet.

SW3. Religious Panel based on the Passionale Christi and Antichristi, detail
Switzerland, Schaffhausen, 1574. Inscriptions at the lower level: Left: "Christ with his Last Supper gives us strength in our faith. Right: The mass is an invention of the pope and a disgrace to the Passion of Jesus Christ.

SW4. Religious Panel with the Annunciation and Saints Lawrence and Margaret, commemorating husband and wife Lorentz Weissenbach and Margaretta Schwytzer. Switzerland, Fribourg, 1575-1600. Prayer between the two name saints reads: "O human being (mensch), think during all your life on your last hour so that you will not sin against eternity, Amen"

SW5. Religious Panel with the Annunciation and Saints Lawrence and Margaret, detail. Switzerland, Fribourg, 1575-1600. Under Annunciation is the prayer "O Lord Jesus Christ I desire that your holy face is the first thing that I see when my soul departs from my body, Amen."