Description
The Zodiac and Labors of the Months Window- Delaporte no. 17, Deremble-Manhes no. 28a
Panel 07 Personification of January - Man with Three Faces / Sign of Aquarius
Left: Personification of January- A triple-faced man stands in front of the elaborate doorway to a fortress-like building. Two of his faces are in profile, the middle one full-faced. There is an inscription IANVARIVS.
At right is the Sign of Aquarius. A man with bare arms and legs empties water from an urn. Delaporte reported that in the early 1920’s, there was a partially preserved inscription- only the letters ….RIVS, no longer visible.
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.
