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Title
Base of jamb statue
Contributor
Jane Vadnal (contributor)
University of Pittsburgh (depositor)
Contributor
Jane Vadnal
Identifier
FCSP12600240
Description
Jambs; Gothic; West Façade, Left Portal; Jamb figures- Left - BasesFigural bases of the rightmost two jamb stature on the left side of the left portal. Marriage describes them as "a queen whose hair is woven into two long plaits; her left hand fingers one of the plaits and her right grasps the tail of a dragon on which she stands;" and " a group of singular animals a great deal mutilated; in the middle is a large ape, on his chest a toad; on each side is a dragon stretching his head out toward the toad,; and under the ape's feet are a dog and a basilisk" (Marriage, p. 46).Note the two small figures on the doorpost at right.; West Facade, Left Portal
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
Rights Information
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