Description
The Rémi Window
Delaporte no. 28, Deremble-Manhes no. 12
St. Rémi (Rémigius) was born ca. 438, became Archbishop of Reims in 460, and died January 13, 533. He is most famous for converting and baptizing Clovis, the King of the Franks.
Two early narratives of his life exist, one by Hincmar and the other attributed to Venantius Fortunatus. Vincent of Beauvais and Jacques de Voragine drew on these sources for their versions of his life.
22 panels grouped in 11 registers. armature pattern of barbed circles and quatrefoils.
Location- The first chapel in the south ambulatory. Second window from the left.
Grodecki posits that the same workshop also made the Sts. Simon and Jude window (Delaporte no. 35, Deremble-Manhes no. 1), the St. Chéron window (Delaporte no. 42, Deremble-Manhes no. 15), and the window of St. Pantaleon (Delaporte no. 40, Deremble-Manhes no. 11). He says that these artists “monumentalized form by emphasizing volume with broken folds and schematized formal lines.” Further, Grodecki sees evidence in these works of the larger trends in Gothic Art. See Grodecki and Brisac, p. 72.
Restored by Gaudin in 1921 (especially the donor panel)
8.8 x 2.08 meters
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.
