Description
The Zodiac and Labors of the Months Window- Delaporte no. 17, Deremble-Manhes no. 28a
Panel 1- Donors: Vintners at work
At the center of the panel, three bare-headed wine growers cultivate the soil with hoes. On either side of them stand figures wearing hoods, one of whom carries a crescent-shaped object similar to the tool used in Panel 10 to prune grape vines (a billhook). See also the donors’ panel in the adjacent Life of the Virgin window.
Subject
Cathédrale de Chartres--Pictorial works.;Church decoration and ornament--France--Chartres--Pictorial works.;Church architecture--France--Chartres--Pictorial works.;Christian art and symbolism--France--Chartres--Medieval, 500-1500--Pictorial works.
