Description
The Pantaleon Window
Delaporte no. 40, Deremble-Manhes no. 11
Panel 12: Pantaleon is thrown into the sea
After Pantaleon is miraculously healed from the tortures shown in panels 10 and 11, a millstone is tied to his neck and he is thrown into the sea. Christ rescues Pantaleon (see panel 15).
At center a boat floats on the waves. It has a curved stern decorated with an animal head. A hooded boatman sits at right, his oar in the water. At left is a man holding Pantaleon’s feet as he is thrown into the sea. Pantaleon (tonsured, haloed, naked) has a millstone suspended from his neck by a rope
Compare with Panel 34: (Vincent’s body thrown into the sea) in the Sts. Theodore and Vincent Window (Delaporte no. 39, Deremble-Manhes no. 9).
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.
