Chartres Cathedral; zodiac signs and labors of months; archivolts, left portal, west facade.
 
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Title:Chartres Cathedral; zodiac signs and labors of months; archivolts, left portal, west facade
Notes:Detail of archivolts showing the signs of the zodiac (Leo and Taurus) and the labors of the months (August preparing the harvest and May hunting).

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

Date:1145
Building:Cathédrale de Chartres
City/Town:Chartres
Country:France

General Subject:Zodiac
Leo the Lion
Taurus the Bull
Labors of the months
Library of Congress Subject:Christian art and symbolism -- France -- Chartres -- Medieval, 500-1500
ICONCLASS Number:23O22
23O32
23K22
23K32
Index of Christian Art Number:20 C48 CND 14W,001 B2

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Copyright Source:image donated by Jim Womack and Anne Richardson
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Attribution:Chartres Cathedral; zodiac signs and labors of months; archivolts, left 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=26358 [retrieved March 29, 2024]. Original source: image donated by Jim Womack and Anne Richardson.
Record Number:26358 Last Updated: 2022-06-17 14:18:23 Record Created: 2002-03-21 00:00:00
Institution:Vanderbilt University Collection: Art in the Christian Tradition