Lancet C: Donor- Alix de Thouars

January 1, 1221

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Lancet C: Donor- Alix de Thouars
Contributor
Jane Vadnal (contributor)
University of Pittsburgh (depositor)
Contributor
Jane Vadnal
Date
January 1, 1221
Identifier
FCW122CP0101
Description
Gothic; The Rose Window in the South TranseptDelaporte no. 95, Deremble-Manhes no. 122Lancet C: Donor- Alix de ThouarsAlix de Thouars, only child and heir of Guy de Thouars, Duke of Brittany. In 1213, she married Pierre Mauclerc, son of Robert II, Count of Dreux. She wears fashionable 13th century garments, including a barbette (chin strap) and a tourette (flat tart-shaped hat). Her dress bears her arms checky or and azure a bordure gules (for Dreux), a canton ermine (for Brittany). She kneels, raises her hands in prayer, and gazes upwards and to the right. Above her is a trilobed arch supported by pairs of columns with carved capitals. On either side of Alix is stylized foliage.; Rose Windows in the SouthTransept
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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