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Work Record
Class [controlled]:
• decorative arts • European art
*Work
Type [link]: •
stained glass (visual work)
*Title: Theodosius
Arrives at Ephesus (Scene from the Legend of the
Seven Sleepers of Ephesus)
*Creator
Display: unknown French
*Role
[link]: artist [link]:
unknown French
*Creation
Date: 1200-1205 [controlled]:
• Earliest: 1200
• Latest:
1205
*Subject
[links]: •
history/legend • religion/mythology
• Theodosius (Roman Emperor, 401-450)
• Seven Sleepers (Christian iconography)
• horse • journey
Style [link]:
• Gothic (Medieval)
Culture [link]:
• French
*Current
Location [link]: Metropolitan
Museum of Art, Cloisters Collection (New York,
New York, United States) • ID:
1980.263.4
Creation Location
[link]: Notre
Dame Cathedral (Rouen, Haute-Normandie, France)
*Measurements:
63.5 x 71.5 cm (25 x 28 1/8 inches)
[controlled]
Value: 63.5 Unit:
cm Type: height
| Value: 71.5 Unit:
cm Type: width
*Materials
and Techniques: pot-metal glass with
vitreous paint
Material [links]: •
pot-metal glass • vitreous paint •
lead
Description: Probably
from the cathedral at Rouen. The legend of the
Seven Sleepers of Ephesus was very popular in
the Middle Ages, but the only known extensive
cycle of this story in stained glass was from
the nave of the cathedral of Rouen. This panel
is stylistically similar to a window devoted to
Saint John the Evangelist still found in the cathedral's
nave, and both have a light, bright palette of
relatively unusual colors. The Seven Sleepers
were the heroes of a famous legend that, because
it affirmed the resurrection of the dead, had
a lasting popularity in all Christendom and in
Islam during the Middle Ages. According to the
story, during the persecution of Christians (ca.
250 CE) under the Roman emperor Decius, seven
or eight Christian soldiers, in order to avoid
doing pagan sacrifices, were concealed near their
native city of Ephesus in a cave. The entrance
to the cave was sealed and they fell into a miraculous
sleep. During the reign of the Eastern Roman emperor
Theodosius II (408-450 CE), the cave was reopened
and the Sleepers miraculously awoke.
Description Source
[link]: Metropolitan Museum of Art online.
www.metmuseum.org
(accessed 25 June 2007)
• "Seven Sleepers of Ephesus." Encyclopędia
Britannica Online (accessed 27 June 2007) <http://search.eb.com/eb/article?tocId=9066942>
Related Work:
Relationship
Type [controlled]: formerly part
of
[link to
Work Record]: Cycle of the Seven Sleepers;
Notre Dame Cathedral
(Rouen, France); early 13th century
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are marked with an asterisk.
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