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8: Nicholas provides a dowry for indigent girls

January 1, 1215

8: Nicholas provides a dowry for indigent girls

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Title
8: Nicholas provides a dowry for indigent girls
Contributor
Maye, Philip (contributor)
University of Pittsburgh (depositor)
Contributor
Maye, Philip
Date
January 1, 1215
Identifier
FCW014AP0801
Description
Gothic; Nicholas Window—PedagogicalDelaporte no. 27, Deremble-Manhes no. 14Panel 8: Nicholas anonymously provides a dowry for indigent girls.Nicholas throws pieces of gold through the window of his indigent neighbor to provide dowries so that the neighbor’s daughters will not be forced into prostitution. This is a popular miracle – it the subject of a liturgical drama (Tres Filiae) and is shown on the tympanum of the easternmost portal on the south porch at Chartres. At the extreme right is a stylized tree. Nicholas (beardless, haloed, inscription NICOLAVS) stands at right. In his hand is a large round piece of gold which he is thrusting through a window in a wall that is depicted perpendicular to the plane of the panel. Two other pieces of gold are on the bed at left. Three bareheaded girls lie asleep on this bed, along with their father. The father, who has a nude torso, sits up in bed and reaches both hands toward Nicholas; The St. Nicholas Window—Pedagogical
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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