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Interior; Right side of right door into north tower

Interior; Right side of right door into north tower

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Title
Interior; Right side of right door into north tower
Contributor
Maye, Philip (contributor)
University of Pittsburgh (depositor)
Contributor
Maye, Philip
Identifier
FCSVI1001200
Description
Historiated; Gothic; Left and Center faces of center column of right side of right door. Unknown subject matter. However, Kidson says that though the youth on the back of the centaur ( barely visible at right) recalls the classical story of the education of Achilles, while the other figures in the left side of the capital "the battle of the centaurs and lapiths over Hippodamia." (Kidson, pp 6-7.) Half-naked bearded man at left (with hooves?) raises a sword toward a woman standing at right. right, a centaur with a naked man on its back draws a bow.To the left is a foliate capital on the left-most column.; Narthex Capital
Type
still image
Genre
photographs
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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