Chartres Cathedral; donor figures with bread; below trumeau, central portal, south transept.
 
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Title:Chartres Cathedral; donor figures with bread; below trumeau, central portal, south transept
Notes:Figures at base of south transept trumeau represent donors, seen with a basket of bread. There is a debate as to whether the figures represent bakers or specific donors. [Villette, pg. 215-216]

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

Date:1210-1215
Building:Cathédrale de Chartres
City/Town:Chartres
Country:France

Scripture:Luke 11:1-13
Lectionary links:CProp12
General Subject:Bread
Library of Congress Subject:Christian art and symbolism -- France -- Chartres -- Medieval, 500-1500
Index of Christian Art Number:20 C48 CND 14S,001 A4-A5

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Copyright Source:image donated by Jim Womack and Anne Richardson
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Attribution:Chartres Cathedral; donor figures with bread; below trumeau, central portal, south 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=26352 [retrieved April 26, 2024]. Original source: image donated by Jim Womack and Anne Richardson.
Record Number:26352 Last Updated: 2022-06-17 14:15:31 Record Created: 2002-03-21 00:00:00
Institution:Vanderbilt University Collection: Art in the Christian Tradition

Bibliographic Source:Villette, Jean. Les Portails de la cathedrale de Chartres. Editions J.M. Garnier, 1994.