Chartres Cathedral; Mary, the mother of Jesus, apostles, angels; lintel of central portal, north transept.
 
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Title:Chartres Cathedral; Mary, the mother of Jesus, apostles, angels; lintel of central portal, north transept
Notes:On the lintel, the death of Mary (non-canonical) is represented...round the bed, the Apostles are gathered bending towards Mary. Christ, in the center, identified by his cruciform-halo, holds in one arm a small draped figure, which represents the soul. In the neighbouring scene, the body is following the soul to heaven; eight angels seize the shroud and lift the body from the tomb. [Grodecki, p. 96] [Villette, pg. 141-142]

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

Date:1204-1210
Building:Cathédrale de Chartres
City/Town:Chartres
Country:France

Person as Subject:Mary, the mother of Jesus (Biblical figure)
General Subject:Death of Mary
Angels
Library of Congress Subject:Christian art and symbolism -- France -- Chartres -- Medieval, 500-1500
ICONCLASS Number:73E74
73E77
Index of Christian Art Number:20 C48 CND 14N,001 A1-A2

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Attribution:Chartres Cathedral; Mary, the mother of Jesus, apostles, angels; lintel of central portal, north transept, from Art in the Christian Tradition, a project of the Vanderbilt Divinity Library, Nashville, TN. https://diglib.library.vanderbilt.edu/act-imagelink.pl?RC=26242 [retrieved April 19, 2024]. Original source: image donated by Jim Womack and Anne Richardson.
Record Number:26242 Last Updated: 2022-06-14 12:23:23 Record Created: 2002-03-21 00:00:00
Institution:Vanderbilt University Collection: Art in the Christian Tradition

Bibliographic Source:Grodecki, Louis. Chartres. Draeger et Verve, 1963.