About Chartres .
One can find a Pythagoras of the XIIth century with his enigmatic
tablet.
The Signs of the Zodiac.
The Theogonal Virtues: faith, charity,humility and esperance
The Cardinal virtues : Strengh, Prudencia, Justice and Temperance
Christ in Majesty.
Etc
"Dans les voussures, on peut voir les Vierges folles et sages
(deuxième cordon), les vertus cardinales - force, prudence, justice,
tempérance - (troisième cordon, à gauche) et les vertus théologales -
foi, charité, humilité, espérance - (troisième cordon, à droite)."
Doesn't this medieval imagery present analogies with the TdM's
iconography?
When debating with Lothar on this topic, he suggested to inquire on the Minchiate 's origin : everything is there as in Chartres's iconography.
This suggests to study not only the Cary sheet unknown origin but also, along with the traditionnal Milan, Ferrare, Bologne connections , the more specific Florence and Lucques remaining productions
The "religious" ordering of the Trumps seems relevant to the Apocalyptic Christian ideology
http://architecture.relig.free.fr/jugement.htm
A study of the ntion of the Last Judment and the Devil.
Alain