medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
Christopher,
It took me a while to dig out my copy of Adelheid Heimann, "The Capital Frieze and Pilasters of the Portail Royal, Chartres," Journal of the Warburg and Courtauld Institutes, 31 (1968), 73-102, which is, I believe, the fullest treatment of the capital frieze iconography. Your memory is correct. There is no bathing scene in the Chartres scene of the Nativity of Christ, although the two midwives are present, certainly, as we have heard, a related motif. Interestingly, though, the entire scene of the Nativity of the Virgin is represented exclusively by a scene of her bath. That must be highly unusual. But perhaps that's another thread.
Jim
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the Bathing of the Infant is represented in the capital frieze of St. Mary's
of Etampes, here seen in a wretched photo
http://t2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSYilINLmhmA4WjCKoNuOWDLCJME5JrF8Q45IS3wfaK77UkvdkLDKCZmFpvNQ
i'm rather embarrassed to say that i can't recall whether it is to be found in
the cap frieze of Chartres or on any of the other "Early Gothic" portals
usually associated with Chartres; but i don't believe it is.
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