France

Polychrome Reliefs Telling The Story of St. James the Greater - Amiens

walwyn Thu, 08/05/2010 - 21:59

Hermogenes bound before St. James

 

 

Polychriome reliefs telling the story of St James the Greater, and the conversion of Philetus and Hermogenes. Amiens Cathedral 1511.

 

 

 

 

Pontlevoy - St. Pierre

walwyn Tue, 09/22/2009 - 01:20

St Bernard and St Elizabeth of Hungary.

 

 

This church is mostly furnished with glass work from J. Fournier of Tour.

Portail des Libraires - Rouen Cathedral

walwyn Wed, 08/04/2021 - 20:43

 

 

 

Quatrefoils dated 1278-1300, retelling Biblical stories carved around the Portail des Libraires of Rouen Cathedral.

Portal of St Firmin

walwyn Sun, 08/10/2014 - 17:28

 

The portal of St Firmin opens into the north aisle of Amiens Cathedral. The tympanum shows the discovery of his remains outside the city, and their transport to the cathedral.

 

 

 

Portal of St Stephen

walwyn Tue, 08/05/2014 - 22:14

The tympanum of St Stephen at Bourges cathedral was constructed by 1240, and is above one of the five portals at the west end of the cathedral. The tympanum is made up of three sections. The lowest section depicts Stephen being made one of the seven deacons of the early church. Above that is his martyrdom, and on top of all is an image of Christ as Salvator Mundi.

Portal of St Ursinus

walwyn Sun, 08/03/2014 - 15:11

 

The southern most portal on the western façade of Bourges Cathedral is dedicated to St Ursinus (or Ursin), a 3rd century figure, the first Bishop of Bourges.

 

Portal Of St. Anne

walwyn Sat, 09/25/2010 - 20:03

The portal of St Anne on the right of the western façade was built in 1200 and is the earliest of the three portals to be built. The tympanum is actually dated to about 1150 and was once part of the earlier cathedral of St. Stephen whose western façade was once 40 metres to the west of the present Cathedral.

 

 

Portal Of The Last Judgement

walwyn Sat, 09/25/2010 - 17:39

The central doorway was the last of the three portals, of Notre-Dame Cathedral Paris, to be decorated. Work started in about 1230 and consists of Christ in Majesty (showing the marks of the Crucifixion) with the Virgin Mary and St John on either side of him.

Portal Of The Virgin

walwyn Sat, 09/25/2010 - 21:41

This portal of the Virgin, at Notre Dame Paris, was sculpted between 1210 and 1220. The main scene show the Coronation of the Virgin, where Mary is being crowned Queen of heaven by an angel, whilst she sits on the same throne as Jesus. In the lintel below is Mary on her death bed surrounded by Jesus and the twelve aposles, two angels are about to lift her to heaven. In the lower lintel the old testament prophets are holding scrolls prophesying Christ.

Reconstructed Crucifixion window - Neufchâtel-en-Bray

walwyn Fri, 09/24/2010 - 20:44

 

This reconstructed window is of six panels in two lights, is in the style of the C14 stained glass at Chartre. The original glass was destroyed when the center of Neufchatel was bombed in June 1940.

 

 

 

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