Jean Clément handed the oriflamme by St. Denis

January 1, 1228

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Jean Clément handed the oriflamme by St. Denis

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Title
Jean Clément handed the oriflamme by St. Denis
Contributor
Anne-Marie Bouche (contributor)
University of Pittsburgh (depositor)
Contributor
Anne-Marie Bouche
Date
January 1, 1228
Identifier
FCW116BGA010
Description
Gothic; St. Denis and member of the Clément FamilyDeremble-Manhes no. 116B , Delaporte no. 102South Transept ClerestoryThe bottom panels contain a shield azure a cross recercelée argent, a bend gules overall, the arms of the prominent Metz family of Clément. On either side of the shield is a candle within stylized architecture. Above, in an architectural frame, are two standing figures. At left is St Denis (with halo, mitre,holding a book, identified by the inscription S. DIONISIVS) At left is an altar table. Denis is handing the oriflamme (a red banner kept at the abbey of St. Denis) to a knight whose surcoat bears the family arms. Delaporte identifies him as Jean Clément, marshal of France in 1225, d 1260 (Delaporte, p. 441). For a recent discussion of this window, see James Bugslag, Ideology and Iconography in Chartres Cathedral: Jean Clement and the Oriflamme, Zeitschrift für Kunstgeschichte, 61 Bd., H. 4. (1998), pp. 491-508. The author shows how this image reflects the political, social, and military milieu of the period.; South Transept Clerestory: St. Denis and member of the Clément Family
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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