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Above Christ are four angels holding the Instruments of the Passion.
Below the centre scene to the left: an angel blowing a trumpet, six apostles, and the Virgin Mary
Below the centre scene to the right: six apostles, an angel blowing a trumpet
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Select Bibliography
Paula Lieber Gerson, The West Facade of Saint-Denis: An Iconographic Study (Ph.D. diss., Columbia University, 1970) (Ann Arbor: University Microfilms, 1979) NA 1051.s1361 G3
ead.," Suger as Iconographer: The Central Portal of the West Facade of Saint-Denis," in Abbot Suger and Saint-Denis: A Symposium, ed. Paula Lieber Gerson (New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1986), pp. 194-98, figs. 1 and 2. NA 5551.s214A23 1986, ISBN 0-87099-408-5
Pamela Blum, Early Gothic Saint-Denis: Restorations and Survivals
(Berkley: University of California Press, 1992), p. 27-69 and pl. 1
NB1910.B58 1992, 0-520-07371-1.
Compare Voussoirs with those of the
Central Portal of the West Facade of Chartres Cathedral, which have
the same subject matter.
CENTRAL
PORTAL MAIN PAGE |
WEST
PORTALS MAIN PAGE |
ST.
DENIS MAIN PAGE |
FRANCE |
Last updated by:JV Date: November 30, 2006