21: Apollinare prays and the temple of Apollo falls

January 1, 1205

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• Title
• 21: Apollinare prays and the temple of Apollo falls
• Contributor
• Jacobs, Karl (Digital collection contributor) (contributor)
  University of Pittsburgh (depositor)
• Contributor
• Jacobs, Karl (Digital collection contributor)
• Date
• January 1, 1205
• Identifier
• FCW036AP2101
• Description
• Gothic; Apollinare and Choirs of Angels Window Delaporte no. 10, Deremble-Manhes no. 36Panel 21: Life of St. Apollinare: Apollinare prays and the temple of Apollo falls Apollinare is taken to the temple of Apollo where he is ordered to make a sacrifice. Instead, he prays and the temple collapses.This panel and panel 21 form a two-panel scene. At left is the falling temple, with pieces of the breaking columns and pediment. Within it is the idol of Apollo, a small nude gold figure similar to other depictions of idols at Chartres. The figure is breaking to pieces and toppling off of its base.Apollinare (halo, mitre) stands at left, pressing his palms together and raising them in a gesture of prayer.; The St. Apollinare and Choirs of Angels 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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