Description
The Miracles of the Virgin Window
Delaporte no. 9, Deremble-Manhes no. 38
Panel 22: Female saint blesses a kneeling cleric (The Virgin and Theophilus?)
At left, a female figure with a halo stands gesturing toward a cleric who kneels facing her at right.
Much of this panel is restoration glass so it is hard to interpret. However, scholars note that the clothing of the man is similar to that of the man standing in front of the Virgin in Panel 16 and that the female figure wears garments similar to the figure in Panel 23. Several scholars have suggested that this is Theophilus, the cleric who sold his soul to the devil, only to be rescued by the intercession of the Virgin (see Manhes-Deremble, p. 112). Manhes-Deremble points out that Bishop Fulbert described this miracle in his sermon on the Nativity of the Virgin, which was read at matins on that day (8 September). (Also see Delaporte, p. 194). It is also cited by Honorius in his homily on the Assumption of the Virgin (15 August) (Manhes-Deremble, p, 50).
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.
