Description
Thomas the Apostle Window
Delaporte no. 46, Deremble-Manhes no. 23
Panel 22: Thomas is martyred
At center stands a bearded man holding a scabbard in one hand while with the other, he raising a sword that strikes Thomas’s neck. Thomas (haloed) stands at right, his hands raised and his palms pressed together in a gesture of prayer. He looks upward and to the left, where the Hand of God reaching out of a cloud. To the extreme left stands a bareheaded man. To the extreme right is a stylized tree.
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.
