Lancet B - 2-3: Melchisodec

January 1, 1230

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Lancet B - 2-3: Melchisodec
Contributor
M. Alison Stones (contributor)
University of Pittsburgh (depositor)
Contributor
M. Alison Stones
Date
January 1, 1230
Identifier
FCW121BP0301
Description
Gothic; The Rose Window in the North TranseptDelaporte no. 145, Deremble-Manhes no. 121This figure is the Old-Testament High Priest Melchisodech, who blessed Abraham and made an offering of bread and wine (foreshadowing the Eucharist) in Genesis 14: 17-20. He is bearded and crowned, and carries a chalice and a censer. There is an inscription MELCHISEDEC. Kidson, discussing the statue of Melchisodech of the central portal of the North Porch, says that the fact that Melchisodech is often shown wearing a papal tiara and the fact that he was a king as well as a priest , is an allusion to the contention of the medieval papacy that it had authority over secular rulers. (Kidson, p. 34); Rose Window in the North Transept
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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