Art History 129
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Spring 2003
stained glass
Chartres Cathedral--program? some relationships in placement but not an overall unified program
West façade windows, c. 1150
*Tree of Jesse
(also Life of Christ, Passion)
*North transept rose window and lancets, given by Blanche of Castile, c. 1227, c. 42' diam.
Virgin and Child Enthroned surrounded by Old Testament kings and prophets and doves
lancets with Old Testament figures: Melchizedek, Aaron, David, Solomon flanking St. Anne
holding Mary
The north side was directed toward the clergy, and the repeated depiction of the Virgin Mary in the
sculpture and glass probably emphasizes her symbolizing the Church.
aisle glass, c. 1200-1240
*Good Samaritan window, south nave aisle, with shoemakers depicted
clerestory glass depicts single holy figures
(Gothic architecture as frame for openings: Cologne Cathedral, 1248; St. Lorenz, Nürnberg, early 15C)
LATE GOTHIC VISUAL CULTURE
*Virgin and Child of Jeanne d'Evreux, Paris, 1339, given to St-Denis by the Queen, silver gilt with
enamel, 27", Louvre, Paris
* Röttgen Pietà: Virgin with the Dead Christ, from the Rhineland, c. 1300-25, painted wood, c. 3',
Rheinisches Landesmuseum, Bonn
*Mary of Burgundy reading her book of hours, Hours of Mary of Burgundy (1457-82), MS=1467-80,
22 x 16 cm, Österreichische Nationalbibliothek MS 1857, f. 14v
*Psalm 101 with "a bawdy betrothal," Ormesby Psalter (Psalter of Robert of Ormesby), early 14C,
Bodleian Library MS Douce 366, f. 131r
*"Très riches heures," Book of Hours of Jean, Duke of Berry, Limbourg Brothers, 1413-16,
8-1/2 x 5-1/2", Musée Condé, Chantilly
Annunciation, f. 26r
February, f. 2v
May, f. 5v
Remove stars from
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Initial "R" with knight fighting dragon, Moralia in Job, c. 1115-25
Hildegard of Bingen
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Chartres Cathedral, south transept façade, left portal
Amiens Cathedral
and any others that we do not get to on 6/5.