Sheltering the Homeless Hosting the Strangers The Works of Mercy (series title ), Square, round, with stained glass depiction of the pilgrimage. The host is in the middle of the room and welcomes four strangers to his house. The standing man on the left and the seated man are pilgrims. Because pilgrims, recognizable by the walking staff and the pilgrim bottle hanging on their backs, are always on their way, they clearly symbolize the hospitality shown here. The other guests, two women, warm up by the fire, they sit on three, small, three-legged stools. In the background is a made-up four-poster bed, with open curtains. The headboard is carved in gothic letter panels. On the left in the background Christ makes a blessing gesture., Sheltering strangers, 'hospes colligitur', one of the (seven) Acts of Mercy - VV - Christ present, pilgrim (s), anonymous, Leiden (possibly), c. 1510 - c. 1520, glass, silver stain, d 24.1 cm
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