| Title: | Chartres Cathedral; Massacre of the children of Bethlehem; left capitals, north portal, west facade |
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| Notes: | Detail of capitals above left jamb figures in north portal of west facade portraying scenes from the life of Christ, the massacre of the children of Bethlehem by Herod's soldiers. Also known as the Massacre of the Innocents. Digitized from the slide collection of James T. Womack, Nashville, TN. |
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| Date: | 1204-1210 |
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| Building: | Cathédrale de Chartres
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| City/Town: | Chartres
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| Country: | France
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| Scripture: | Matthew 2:13-23
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| Lectionary links: | AXmas01
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| General Subject: | Massacre of the Innocents
Bethlehem
Children
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| Library of Congress Subject: | Christian art and symbolism -- France -- Chartres -- Medieval, 500-1500
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| ICONCLASS Number: | 73B63
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| Index of Christian Art Number: | 20 C48 CND 14W,002 A14-A18
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| Copyright Source: | image donated by Jim Womack and Anne Richardson |
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| Copyright Permission: | Creative Commons BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Attribution: | Chartres Cathedral; Massacre of the children of Bethlehem; left capitals, north 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=26367 [retrieved March 20, 2025]. Original source: image donated by Jim Womack and Anne Richardson. |
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| Record Number: | 26367
Last Updated: 2022-06-17 14:22:00
Record Created: 2002-03-21 00:00:00 |
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| Institution: | Vanderbilt University
Collection: Art in the Christian Tradition |
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