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Record
Preferred Title:
Notre-Dame Cathedral: Stained Glass Work_PrefTitle Notre-Dame Cathedral: Stained Glass Preferred Title false
Image View:
South transept, view of the end wall, with lancet windows Image_Title South transept, view of the end wall, with lancet windows Image View false
Creator:
unknown (French) Agent_Display unknown (French) Creator false
Location:
site: Paris, Île-de-France, France Work_Location_Type_Display site: Paris, Île-de-France, France Location false
Date:
ca. 1180-1258 (creation) Work_DateDisplay ca. 1180-1258 (creation) Date false
Cultural Context:
French Work_Culture French Cultural Context false
Style Period:
Gothic (Medieval) Work_StylePeriodDisplay Gothic (Medieval) Style Period false
Work Type 1:
stained glass (visual work) Work_Worktype1 stained glass (visual work) Work Type 1 false
Classification:
glass Work_Classification glass Classification false
Material:
stained glass Work_MaterialDisplay stained glass Material false
Technique:
stained glass Work_Technique stained glass Technique false
Relation Work:
part of Notre Dame de Paris RelationType1_Work_RelatedWork1 part of Notre Dame de Paris Relation Work false
Subjects:
cycles or series; New Testament; Old Testament and Apocrypha; saints; window: lancet; window: stained glass Work_Image_SubjectDisplay cycles or series; New Testament; Old Testament and Apocrypha; saints; window: lancet; window: stained glass Subjects false
Description:
Three significant areas of original glass remain in the rose windows of the west, north and south façades. The west rose is the earliest, dating from ca. 1205, and has representations of the Virtues and Vices, Labours of the Months and Signs of the Zodiac, a programme that, like the glass at Chartres, correlates with the iconography of the façade sculpture. The glass of the north transept rose (designed ca. 1250) is the best preserved of the three. The iconographic programme represents the Virgin surrounded by Old Testament characters, with 16 prophets in the inner circle of medallions and 32 judges and kings in the outer. The style of the glass painting recalls that of the Sainte-Chapelle, completed several years earlier. A number of panels in the south rose (begun 1258) come from other sources, notably a series depicting the Life of St Matthew (ca. 1180) and an Infancy of Christ series (ca. 1200-1250). The theme of the window is the Last Judgement with Christ in the centre (modern) surrounded by angels and
Collection:
Archivision Base Collection LocalCollection Archivision Base Collection Collection false
Identifier:
1A2-F-P-ND-3-A5 Image_OriginalVendorID 1A2-F-P-ND-3-A5 Identifier false
Rights:
© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.

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