19. Roland breaks his sword and sounds his horn

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19. Roland breaks his sword and sounds his horn

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19. Roland breaks his sword and sounds his horn
Contributor
Maye, Philip (contributor)
University of Pittsburgh (depositor)
Contributor
Maye, Philip
Identifier
FCW007AP1901
Description
Gothic; The Charlemagne WindowDelaporte no. 38, Deremble-Manhes no. 7Panel 19: Roland breaks his sword and sounds his hornThe bottom of the composition is filled with armor and body parts of the slain (including a severed head wearing a conical infidel helmet and a buckler). Above, Roland is pictured twice- both times with a halo: he tries unsuccessfully to break his sword Durendal against a stone so that it cannot be captured by the infidels (left); he is pictured again, bareheaded, with his helmet on the ground in front of him - he blows his horn (the Oliphant) to summon Charlemagne’s forces (right). At the top, the Hand of God extends down from a cloud motif that Maines identifies as the Milky Way.Panels 8-21, depicting Charlemagne's Campaigns in Spain are based on the Historia Karoli Magni et Rotholandi, generally known as the Pseudo-Turpin because the text claims it was composed by Turpin, Archbishop of Reims, an eyewitness to the events narrated; see Meredith-Jones, Maines; The Charlemagne Window
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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