Stained glass window, Basilique Saint-Urbain de
Stained glass window, detail, with grisaille decoration and fermaillet or bosse of the head of a wild boar, 13th century, in the Chapelle de la Vierge, or Chapel of the Virgin, in the Basilique Saint-Urbain de Troyes, or Basilica of Saint Urban of Troyes, a 13th century Gothic church in Troyes, Aube, France. The windows were restored in 1879. The basilica was founded in 1262 under Pope Urban IV and consecrated in 1382, although the building was not completed until the 20th century. It is listed as a national monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
Picture No
13438051
Media ID
45154364
Size
3948px x 3543px
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Credit
Manuel Cohen / Mary Evans
Source
Photograph by Manuel Cohen
