Bread, wine, & money : the windows of the trades at Chartres Cathedral

Author

Williams, Jane Welch

Document type

Livre

Language

English

Source

ill. (4 col.); diagrams; maps; plans; bibliogr.; index ; xiv, 263 p., [112] p. of pl. ; 1993

ISBN

0-226-89912-8

Publisher

University of Chicago Press, Chicago (usa)

Publication country

United States

Abstract (en)

On the iconography of the 13th c. stained glass windows, with emphasis on the trades of the bakers, tavern keepers and money changers. Examines the urban society in which the cathedral of Chartres was built and financed, and interprets the function of the windows representing the trades in this context.

Subject (en)

• General history of art -- 300-1400 -- Pictorial arts -- Stained glass -- France
• Stained glass
• France
• 1200-1300
• Notre-Dame (cathedral)||Chartres (FRA)
• Iconography
• Bakers
• Tavern keepers
• Money changers
• Christian iconography
• Society
• Occupations

Subject (fr)

• Histoire générale de l'art -- 300-1400 -- Peinture et arts graphiques -- Vitrail -- France
• Vitrail
• France
• 1200-1300
• Notre-Dame (cathédrale)||Chartres (FRA)
• Iconographie
• Boulangers
• Taverniers
• Changeurs
• Iconographie chrétienne
• Société
• Métiers

Origin

DatabaseBHA (Inist-CNRS/GRI)

Identifier19940101-00337427

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