Chartres Cathedral; Astronomy and Ptolemy; right archivolts, right portal, west facade.
 
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Title:Chartres Cathedral; Astronomy and Ptolemy; right archivolts, right portal, west facade
Notes:Right archivolts of Mary portal (right portal, west facade). On voussoirs of archivolt 1 (outer), from top down, Astronomy and Ptolemy.

Digitized from the slide collection of James T. Womack, Nashville, TN.

Date:1145
Building:Cathédrale de Chartres
Object/Function:Relief sculpture
Material:Stone
City/Town:Chartres
Country:France

Person as Subject:Ptolemy, the Gnostic, 2nd century
General Subject:Astronomy
Liberal Arts
Library of Congress Subject:Christian art and symbolism -- France -- Chartres -- Medieval, 500-1500
ICONCLASS Number:49C123
Index of Christian Art Number:20 C48 CND 14W,001 C3

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Copyright Source:image donated by Jim Womack and Anne Richardson
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Attribution:Chartres Cathedral; Astronomy and Ptolemy; right archivolts, right portal, west facade, from Art in the Christian Tradition, a project of the Vanderbilt Divinity Library, Nashville, TN. https://diglib.library.vanderbilt.edu/act-imagelink.pl?RC=26296 [retrieved April 20, 2024]. Original source: image donated by Jim Womack and Anne Richardson.
Record Number:26296 Last Updated: 2022-06-17 13:57:22 Record Created: 2002-03-21 00:00:00
Institution:Vanderbilt University Collection: Art in the Christian Tradition