Frieze 1-4: scenes with Joachim and Anne; 5: Bath of the Virgin

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• Title
• Frieze 1-4: scenes with Joachim and Anne; 5: Bath of the Virgin
• Contributor
• Jane Vadnal (contributor)
  University of Pittsburgh (depositor)
• Contributor
• Jane Vadnal
• Identifier
• FCSP1355GA10
• Description
• Frieze; Gothic; West Façade – Left Frieze- Life of Mary and Infancy of ChristCentral portal left side.This general view shows the following scenes (right to left)1: Joachim and Anne’s offering because they were childless 2: Joachim and Anne turn back3: An angel announces to Joachim that Mary would be born4: Joachim and Anne embrace 5: Bath of the VirginHeimann says that the sources for this cycle are the Protevangelium of James and the Homelies of the Greek monk Jacobus Kokkinobaphos (Heimann, p. 77-78). Spitzer sees this part of the frieze a manifestation of the local cult of Mary centered in the crypt rather than the more national "official" one celebrated in the upper church (Spitzer, pp. 137-38).; West Façade, Capital Frieze - Life of the Virgin
• 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
• Copyright Not Evaluated. The copyright and related rights status of this Item has not been evaluated. Please refer to the organization that has made the Item available for more information. You are free to use this Item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use.
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