Left Jambs: Isiah and Annunciation to Mary (Gabriel and Mary)

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• Title
• Left Jambs: Isiah and Annunciation to Mary (Gabriel and Mary)
• Contributor
• Jane Vadnal (contributor)
  University of Pittsburgh (depositor)
• Contributor
• Jane Vadnal
• Identifier
• FCSP23610020
• Description
• Jamb Figure; Gothic; North Porch, Left Portal (Incarnation Portal)Left Jambs- General ViewJamb figures: Isaiah and Annunciation to Mary (Luke 1:26-8).Isaiah was an Old Testament prophet who foretold the Incarnation. The head of Gabriel in the Annunciation is a modern reproduction.Kidson points out that unlike other, earlier jamb statues at Chartres, the figures in the Annunciation are interacting with one another. (Kidson, p. 49).Note the historiated column base in the foreground at left. It shows David slaying Goliath.; North Porch, Left Portal (Incarnation 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
• 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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