Archivolts-Outer- Personifications and Contempletive Life

c 1194-1230

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Archivolts-Outer- Personifications and Contempletive Life

Title
Archivolts-Outer- Personifications and Contempletive Life
Contributor
Jane Vadnal
Date
c 1194-1230
Identifier
FCSP23813210
Description
Archivolt
Gothic
North Porch, Left Portal Outer Archivolt- Personifications of the Blessings (outer) and the Active and Contemplative Life of Mary (inner) Right Side of Archivolt - Personifications and Contemplative Life of Mary Left: A seated woman with a veiled head open a book. Right: A woman (haloed). Her hair is unbound and she wears a crown. She holds a long staff and the top of a large triangular shield whose point rests on the ground. The shield has a castle on it . Houvet suggested that this is the personification of Security.
North Porch, Left
Type
still image
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.
Geographic Subjects
France
Chartres
Collection
Chartres: Cathedral of Notre-Dame
Contributor
University of Pittsburgh
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