Inner column statues: Bases - The Ark and the Philistines

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Inner column statues: Bases - The Ark and the Philistines

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Title
Inner column statues: Bases - The Ark and the Philistines
Contributor
Philip Maye (contributor)
University of Pittsburgh (depositor)
Contributor
Philip Maye
Identifier
FCSP21935340
Description
Column Statue; Gothic; North Porch, Central Portal Outer Porch, Inner column statues - Column BaseLeft- The Return of the Ark (I Samuel 6:1-12)The Ark of the Covenant was returned by the Philistines to the Israelites. It was carried on a cart drawn by two kine. In the background stands an angel. (extreme left) On the side of the cart are the golden mice and emerods (hemorrhoids) made by the Philistines to appease God, since he had punished them with plagues of mice and hemorrhoids after they had captured the Ark. Note the cloud above the cart.Below is the inscription :ARCHA:CEDERISRight- Ark in the Temple of Dagon (I Samuel 5)The Ark of the Covenant was captured by the Philistines and placed in the temple of the idol Dagon (see figures below). The idol fell (at top of composition). Below is the inscription HIC.AMIC(?)ITVR.ARCHA:CEDERIS; North Porch, Central 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
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