29: Sylvester revives bull-Detail

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Title
29: Sylvester revives bull-Detail
Contributor
Jacobs, Karl (Digital collection contributor) (contributor)
University of Pittsburgh (depositor)
Contributor
Jacobs, Karl (Digital collection contributor)
Identifier
FCW008AP2901
Description
Gothic; The Sylvester Window-Delaporte no. 30, Deremble-Manhes no. 8.Panel 29: Sylvester revives bull- DetailAccording to the life of Sylvester, a Jewish magician Zambry challenges Sylvester by killing a bull by whispering in its ear (Panel 29 ). Sylvester revives the bull with a gesture (this panel).The bull stands at left, tossing its head and rearing up on its hind legs. At rights stands Sylvester, gesturing toward it He has a halo and wears the papal insignia*. Behind him stands a cleric holding a book.* 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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