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ChartresGlass Box M Slides 032

ChartresGlass Box M Slides 032

Window 005 - Mary Magdalen (unrestored)

Bottom to top, left to right. Circles are SW to SE, then NW to NE:

• Panels 1,2,3: Water-bearers, the donors of the window
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• Quadrant 4: Mary Magdalen at Simon's house
• Quadrant 5: Lazarus dies
• Quadrants 6, 7: Funeral of Lazarus, with mourners to the left, the bier to the right.
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• Panels 8,9,10: Jesus comes to Bethany and is met by Mary and Martha, he then raises Lazarus (? while on-lookers are amazed)
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• Quadrant 11: Mary Magdalen at the sepulchre of Christ (Lazarus is being used as a type of Christ's resurrection)
• Quadrant 12: Jesus appears to Mary.

Album: Chartres-Cathedral

Categories: Chartres-Cathedral

Tags: #Chartres #france #Jesus Christ #Mary Magdalen #TCS-photo #Win005 #apostles #cathedral #date estimate #haigiography #lazarus #resurrection #stained glass #types of Christ

ChartresGlass Box M Slides 029

ChartresGlass Box M Slides 029

Window 004 - Saint John the Divine [author of Revelation / the Apocalypse]
Bottom to top, left to right (this pre-restoration shot is virtually unreadable):

• Row 01 [single]: Flight to Egypt
• Rows 02 & 03: Armorers donate the window
• Row 04: Death of Stactacus
• Row 05 & 06: John banished to Patmos; he writes Revelation.
• Row 07: John summoned before Aristomedes
• Rows 08 & 09: John enters Ephesus and raises a woman from the dead; on-lookers are amazed.

Album: Chartres-Cathedral

Categories: Chartres-Cathedral

Tags: #Apocalypse #Aristomedes #Chartres #france #Revelation #Saint John the Divine #Stactacus #TCS-photo #Win004 #cathedral #date estimate #donors identified #haigiography #miracles #stained glass #unrestored

Zodiac / Labours of the Months

Zodiac / Labours of the Months

Chartres, west side, left door, archivolt (bottom to top description)

• First archivolt (inner): Capricorn, February with warming self before fire, Aquarius.

• Second archivolt (outer): Libra, November with pig slaughter, Scorpio.

• Christ is seen in the upper left corner.

Album: Chartres-Cathedral

Categories: Chartres-Cathedral

Tags: #Chartres #france #TCS-photo #Archivolt #calendar of months #cathedral #Detail #exterior #Left #west side #zodiac