Chartres Cathedral; Melchizedek, Abraham, Isaac, Moses; left embrasure jamb figures, central portal, north transept.
 
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Title:Chartres Cathedral; Melchizedek, Abraham, Isaac, Moses; left embrasure jamb figures, central portal, north transept
Notes:Left jamb embrasure figures (north transept, center portal). From left: Melchizedek, Abraham (with bound Isaac in front of him), and Moses.

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

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

Scripture:Genesis 22:1-18
Person as Subject:Moses (Biblical figure)
Melchizedek (Biblical figure)
Abraham (Biblical figure)
Isaac (Biblical figure)
Lectionary links:AVigl
General Subject:Sacrifice of Isaac
Library of Congress Subject:Christian art and symbolism -- France -- Chartres -- Medieval, 500-1500
ICONCLASS Number:71C117
71C131
71E134
Index of Christian Art Number:20 C48 CND 14N, 001

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Copyright Source:image donated by Jim Womack and Anne Richardson
Copyright Permission:Creative Commons BY-SA 4.0
Attribution:Chartres Cathedral; Melchizedek, Abraham, Isaac, Moses; left embrasure jamb figures, 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=26357 [retrieved April 20, 2024]. Original source: image donated by Jim Womack and Anne Richardson.
Record Number:26357 Last Updated: 2022-06-17 14:17:35 Record Created: 2002-03-21 00:00:00
Institution:Vanderbilt University Collection: Art in the Christian Tradition