Jubé de la cathédrale de Strasbourg

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The Jube of Strasbourg Cathedral is a Gothic monument built around the middle of the 13th century to separate the choir and the nave. It was demolished in 1682 when the cathedral, Protestant since the 16th century, was restored to Catholic worship and adapted to the ideas of the Counter-Reform, which prohibited this type of furniture. Fragments and part of his statuary are gradually rediscovered in the 19th and 20th centuries, allowing him to reconstruct two spans in the late 1930s within the museum of the Notre Dame Work, where he has since been exposed.

Written descriptions and graphic representations of the jube survived, allowing us to grasp the iconographic program, rather unique for 13th century France. With an artistic style similar to the Cathedral of Notre-Dame de Reims, the jube presented on the nave side the statues of the apostles and evangelists, as well as representations of the works of mercy and of the Last Judgment. On the side of the choir, the wall was decorated with representations from the Old Testament and two stairs allowed access to the gallery.