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24: The Baptism of Constantine

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24: The Baptism of Constantine

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Title
24: The Baptism of Constantine
Contributor
Maye, Philip (contributor)
University of Pittsburgh (depositor)
Contributor
Maye, Philip
Identifier
FCW008AP2401
Description
Gothic; The Sylvester WindowDelaporte no. 30, Deremble-Manhes no. 8.Panel 24: The Baptism of Constantine. Constantine is in a baptismal font at center (compare with bath in Panel 17). Constantine (naked, crowned) is identified by the inscription COSTANTINVS.To the left of the panel stand two clerics- the one in front holds a cloth. To the right of the panel stands Sylvester (halo, papal insignia*). Behind him is a tonsured cleric holding an object. (a book? Reliquary?).* A camelaucum – the white cone-shaped precursor of the mitre (Catholic Encyclopedia, “Mitre”) He carries a staff with a cross at the tip, which might be a “cross of jurisdiction” a type of processional cross “borne before [the Pope] wherever he may be” (Catholic Encyclopedia, “Processional Cross”); The St. Sylvester 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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