Description
The Pantaleon Window
Delaporte no. 40, Deremble-Manhes no. 11
Panel 5: Pantaleon is baptized
Pantaleon (haloed, tonsured) is at center, standing in a large chalice-shaped baptismal font. Hermolaus (haloed, tonsured) the priest who converted him to Christianity, stands at left. At right is a tonsured deacon holding what Delaporte describes as a vial of holy oil. In the background is a stylized tree, indicating that the scene was taking place out of doors.
Compare to Panel 11, Pantaleon is thrown into a cauldron of molten lead
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.
