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St. Pantaleon’s Window South-East Apsidal Chapel Chartres

St. Pantaleon's Window South-East Apsidal Chapel Chartres

St. Pantaleon , brought before Maximian, beaten, put on cross, into molten lead, cast into the sea, exposed to wild beasts, visited by an angel in prison, broken on wheel, Christ walks on waves to rescue, condemned, sent to be tortured, wheel breaks witnessed by king and a man,

Album: Chartres-Cathedral

Categories: Chartres-Cathedral

Tags: #Chartres #france #TCS-photo #cathedral #restored #stained glass #untagged

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Window 063 - Saint Lubin / Leobinus (restored)

• Row 01: Wine cryers or tavern keepers offering wine for sale.
• Surrounding border: Wine cryers or tavern keepers offering wine for sale.

† Center circles (continued uses of wine):

• Half circle 1: Winecryers, the donors.
• Circle 02: Barrel of wine taken to Cathedral
• Circle 03: Celler master brings wine to be consecrated.
• Circle 04: Highest use of wine -- the Eucharist.
• Circle 05: Christ, with Alpha and Omega.

† Left to right, top to bottom (excluding central circles and border):

• Row 02: Nobleman and followers (?); Procession from Church (?).
• Row 03: Lubin works as a shepherd boy; Monk gives Lubin belt with alphabet upon it.
• Row 04: Lubin's father? procures an alphabet, or a churchman teaches him to read; Lubin studies while his friends make merry (a nice contrast for a wine cryer's window!).
• Row 05: Lubin enters a monastery; Nileffus advises Lubin to visit other monastaries to expand his learning.
• Row 06: Lubin, Nileffus and others approach another monastery, Saint Avil in Perche; Lubin et al. leave monastery (?) or welcome others to the monastery (?).
• Row 07: Lubin et al. blessed by Saint Avitus [story continues next row up, left side]; Lubin is appointed bishop of Chartres [story continues next row up, right side].
• Row 08: Avitus appoints Lubin cellerer, as he hands over the keys (celler being a nice wine cryer's touch) [story continues row down, right side]; Now-Bishop Lubin leaves on pastoral visit.
• Row 09: Bishop Lubin sprinkles holy water on a house as an exorcism two panels).
• Row 10: Christ with alpha and omega.

Album: Chartres-Cathedral

Categories: Chartres-Cathedral

Tags: #Chartres #france #Jesus Christ #Nileffus #Saint Avil in Perche #Saint Avitus #Saint Leobinus #Saint Lubin #TCS-photo #Win063 #alpha and omega #bishop #cathedral #devils and demons #donors identified #exorcism #interior #monastery #monk #reading #restored #stained glass #whole-windows

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Window 024 - Saint Martin of Tours

Bottom to top, left to right:

• Row 11: Angel with censer; Martin's death; Angel with censer.
• Row 12: Parishioners of of Tours and Poitiers fight over the saint's remains; Angel with censer; Tours steals body from Poitiers and takes it up the Loire river.
• Row 13: Saint's body arrives at Tours; Soul of Martin ascends (perhaps can rest easy now in the 'proper' place?); Funeral procession awaiting the body.
• Row 14: Christ in glory.

Album: Chartres-Cathedral

Categories: Chartres-Cathedral

Tags: #Chartres #france #Jesus Christ #Saint Martin #TCS-photo #Win024 #cathedral #martyrs #miracles #restored #stained glass