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Left Jambs- Leo, Ambrose (or Becket) and Nicholas
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Left Jambs- Leo, Ambrose (or Becket) and Nicholas
Contributor
Jane Vadnal (contributor)
University of Pittsburgh (depositor)
Contributor
Jane Vadnal
Identifier
FCSP333610250
Description
Jamb Statue; Gothic; South Porch, Right PortalLeft JambsLeo, Ambrose (or Becket) and NicholasPope Leo I (the Great) was Pope from 440-61. He is famous for combating heresies, reorganizing the Church, and meeting with Attila the Hun to prevent the sack of Rome. He has a halo and wears the papal tiara. He wears papal vestments (alb, dalmatic, tunicle, chasuble, amice, stole, maniple, pallium and gloves). In his left hand is a fragment of a staff- it may have been part of a crozier. With his other hand he makes a gesture of blessing(?).This figure has usually been identified as St Ambrose, Bishop of Milan from 374-97. However, Clark Maines has argued that it is St. Thomas Becket, Archbishop of Canterbury. The figure has a halo and wears the two pointed mite of an archbishop. He wears the vestments of an archbishop (alb, dalmatic, tunicle, chasuble, amice, stole, maniple, pallium and gloves). In his left hand is a fragment of a staff. With his other hand he makes a gesture of blessing.Nicholas one of the most popular saints on the middle ages. Little is known about his life, other than that he was the bishop of the city of Myra in Asia Minor, and that he died in died either 345 or 352 A.D. However, his legend was soon embellished with a number of miracles. Two of them are depicted in the adjacent tympanum. The figure has a halo and wears a two pointed mitre. He wears the vestments of an archbishop (alb, dalmatic, tunicle, chasuble, amice, stole, maniple,and gloves). In his left hand is a fragment of a staff.; South Porch, Right Portal, Left Jambs
Type
still image
Genre
photographs
Subject
Cathédrale de Chartres--Pictorial works.
Church decoration and ornament--France--Chartres--Pictorial works.
Church architecture--France--Chartres--Pictorial works.
Christian art and symbolism--France--Chartres--Medieval, 500-1500--Pictorial works.
Geographic Subjects
France
Chartres
Collection
Chartres: Cathedral of Notre-Dame
Contributor
University of Pittsburgh
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