 |
 |
 |
Frankl (1962) p.222 suggested:
This theme was first formulated in the north transept of the church of St Étienne at Beauvais. Here there is a central hub, on which columns, supporting trefoil arches inside the circumference, stand radially. The surrounding figures show that this wheel was to be interpreted as the wheel of fortune, and there are other examples of similar wheels of fortune, such as that in the cathedral at Basle.
Another example is in the south transept doorway of the cathedral at Amiens.
Compare Notebook M p.76L on Dante’s view of Fortune in relation to wheel windows, particularly at San Zeno in Verona.
|
|
|
[Version 0.05: May 2008]