| Title: | Chartres Cathedral; Christ as Supreme Judge; central portal, south transept |
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| Notes: | Central portal tympanum depicting Christ the Final Judge (south transept). Christ is flanked by the Virgin Mary, St. John, and angels bearing the lance of the passion and the reed of the flagellation. The right voussoir shows devils accompanying the raising of human souls. In the left voussoir, angels carry souls to the bosom of Abraham. The blessed go to the left, and the damned to the right. |
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| Date: | 1210-1215 |
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| Building: | Cathédrale de Chartres
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| Object/Function: | Relief sculpture |
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| Material: | Stone |
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| City/Town: | Chartres
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| Country: | France
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| Scripture: | Matthew 25:31-46
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| General Subject: | Last Judgment
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| Library of Congress Subject: | Christian art and symbolism -- France -- Chartres -- Medieval, 500-1500
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| ICONCLASS Number: | 11U1
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| Index of Christian Art Number: | 20 C48 CND 14S,001 A1-A2
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| Attribution: | Chartres Cathedral; Christ as Supreme Judge; central portal, south transept, from Art in the Christian Tradition, a project of the Vanderbilt Divinity Library, Nashville, TN. http://diglib.library.vanderbilt.edu/act-imagelink.pl?RC=26343 [retrieved October 18, 2017]. |
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| Record Number: | 26343
Last Updated: 2010-11-29 18:10:20
Record Created: 2002-03-21 00:00:00 |
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| Institution: | Vanderbilt University
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Collection: Art in the Christian Tradition |
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