1-4: Donors Panels; 12: Eustace and family leave city panels

January 1, 1205

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• Title
• 1-4: Donors Panels; 12: Eustace and family leave city panels
• Contributor
• Hourihane, Colum, 1955- (contributor)
  University of Pittsburgh (depositor)
• Contributor
• Hourihane, Colum, 1955-
• Date
• January 1, 1205
• Identifier
• FCW043AP1210
• Description
• Gothic; The St. Eustace WindowDelaporte no. 62, Deremble-Manhes no. 43Panel 12: Eustace and his family leave a city (center)After Eustace was baptized, he was impoverished; his servants and animals all died in an epidemic and his goods were stolen. He decided to sail to Egypt.Eustace (inscription EVSTACIVS) stands at right, wearing a mantle and carrying a staff with a cloth hanging from it over his shoulder. At the extreme right stands the small figure of one of his sons surrounded by abstract trees. Eustace looks to the left, at his wife Theospis who is standing at the gate of a camp holding the hand of the other son. To the left is an elaborate crenellated wall with several towers. Within it is a small building. This is either a city or a military camp. This panel is surrounded by four small panels showing the donors of the window (panels 1-4)Panel 01: Donors- Drapers (lower left)Drapers measure a piece of cloth. One draper sits on a bench at left. He holds a stick, which he uses to measure a piece of cloth held by a man at right. In the background is a columnPanel 02: Donors- Drapers (Lower right)One draper sits on a bench at left holding a measuring stick. At right a man In his other hand, he touches a piece of cloth held by a man at right (checking its quality?). Panel 03: Donors- Furriers (upper left)A furrier sits holding a large piece of fur. Behind him is a large, square object (the back of his chair? A frame for stretching fur?)Panel 04: Donors- Furriers (upper right)A furrier stands at right, showing a large fur garment to a hooded customer standing at left.; The St. Eustace 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
• Rights Information
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