Gothic Archivolt at Chartres
by Jurgen Lorenzen
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Gothic Archivolt at Chartres
Artist
Jurgen Lorenzen
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Photograph - Photography
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The right (East) portal tympanum of the South Transept depicts scenes from the lives of two confessors, St. Martin and St. Nicholas, illustrating their good deeds or acts of mercy. On the left bottom a famous legendary scene is depicted: St. Martin as a soldier on horseback cutting in half his military cloak to share it with a poor shivering beggar. Above, St. Martin dreams that Christ came to him, wearing the piece of cloak he had given away. On the right bottom Nicholas, the guardian of virgins and prototype of Father Christmas, is portrayed helping a poor nobleman whose three daughters were threatened with prostitution. According to the legend, the saint threw bags of gold through the nobleman's window on three successive nights to provide a dowry for each of the daughters. Above this scene Nicholas as a bishop in effigy performs miracles even after his death--the sick are healed by the oil and water that flowed from his tomb. The archivolt depicts the life of St Giles in lower register and other Confessors in the remaining voussoirs.
Photographed at the Cathedrale Notre Dame De Chartre in France.
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January 24th, 2015
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