Window 059 - Symbolic Window, Typology of the Passion of Christ (restored, detail)
NB: Read TOP to BOTTOM, unlike most windows. Some are modern (marked *).
• Row 06: Moses shows brass serpent; Adam collects blood at the foot of the cross (*); Israelites mark their doorposts with blood of the lamb (tau). • Row 05: The Church (the NT, new faith); Crucifixion with Longinus and Stephaton (*); Synagogue (the OT, old faith). • Row 04: Gideon sees angel (*). • Row 03: Christ is mocked and crowned with thorns; Israelite scouts return from promised land with evidence of its richeness; The Scourging of Christ. • Row 02: Women weep at the Crucifixion; Jesus carries the cross (*); Soldiers preparing for the crucifixion.
Left: • Elisha (Far left) - Shumanite woman beneath. • Melchizedek - wearing crown, with bread and wine (which he gave Abraham; prefigures the Eucharist). Lamb beneath. • Abraham - looks up at angel halting the sacrifice of Isaac. Ram beneath. • Moses - with brazen serpent on the pole, symbol of Christ's crucifixion. Golden calf beneath. • Samuel - sacrifices a lamb. • King David - carries instruments of the Passion, which his Psalm 22 foretold. Beneath lion of Judah.
Window 059 - Symbolic Window, Typology of the Passion of Christ (restored, detail)
NB: Read TOP to BOTTOM, unlike most windows. Some are modern (marked *).
• Row 10: Elijah raises son of widow of Sareptha; Jacob blesses Ephraim and Manasseh; Elijah meets widow of Sareptha. • Row 09: King David with pelican feeding young on her own blood. • Row 08: Abraham takes Isaac to Mount Moriah for sacrifice; Descent from the Cross; Abraham is stopped from sacrificing Isaac.
Window 176 - West Rose - Last Judgment (restored, detail)
• Center: Christ enthroned in glory, displaying his wounds. Four beasts and angels surround him. • First circle: Twelve apostles, with Abraham's bosom at 12 o'clock, and the judgment (weighing of souls) at 6 o'clock. Note the angel to the left and devil to the right. • Outer circle: Starting from the 12:30 position, and proceeding clockwise (each circle on the right is paired with one on the left). (1, 12) Instruments of the passion; (2, 11) angels blow trumps; (3, 10) the resurrected dead awaiting judgment; (4,5,8,9) resurrection of the dead (naked, having just come from their graves); (6,7) hell (at the bottom of the circle, naturally enough).
Window 059 - Symbolic Window, Typology of the Passion of Christ (restored)
NB: Read TOP to BOTTOM, unlike most windows. Some are modern (marked *).
• Row 12: (Bottom row): Blacksmiths as donors. • Row 11: Samson carries gates of Gaza; Christ's body being annointed; David slays lion to protect sheep [some argue for Samson slaying lion, but sheep make me think likely David. On the other hand, the other side panels are often of the same characters, so I suppose a repeat of Sampson would fit that pattern. - GLS] • Row 10: Elijah raises son of widow of Sareptha; Jacob blesses Ephraim and Manasseh; Elijah meets widow of Sareptha. • Row 09: King David with pelican feeding young on her own blood. • Row 08: Abraham takes Isaac to Mount Moriah for sacrifice; Descent from the Cross; Abraham is stopped from sacrificing Isaac. • Row 07: Jonah near Ninevah (*). • Row 06: Moses shows brass serpent; Adam collects blood at the foot of the cross (*); Israelites mark their doorposts with blood of the lamb (tau).
Window 176 - West Rose - Last Judgment (restored, detail)
• Center: Christ enthroned in glory, displaying his wounds. Four beasts and angels surround him. • First circle: Twelve apostles, with Abraham's bosom at 12 o'clock, and the judgment (weighing of souls) at 6 o'clock. Note the angel to the left and devil to the right. • Outer circle: Starting from the 12:30 position, and proceeding clockwise (each circle on the right is paired with one on the left). (1, 12) Instruments of the passion; (2, 11) angels blow trumps; (3, 10) the resurrected dead awaiting judgment; (4,5,8,9) resurrection of the dead (naked, having just come from their graves); (6,7) hell (at the bottom of the circle, naturally enough).
• Abraham - looks up at angel halting the sacrifice of Isaac. Ram beneath. • Moses - with brazen serpent on the pole, symbol of Christ's crucifixion. Golden calf beneath. • Samuel - sacrifices a lamb. • King David - carries instruments of the Passion, which his Psalm 22 foretold. Beneath lion of Judah.
Window 059 - Symbolic Window, Typology of the Passion of Christ (restored)
NB: Read TOP to BOTTOM, unlike most windows. Some are modern (marked *).
• Row 08: Abraham takes Isaac to Mount Moriah for sacrifice; Descent from the Cross; Abraham is stopped from sacrificing Isaac. • Row 07: Jonah near Ninevah (*). • Row 06: Moses shows brass serpent; Adam collects blood at the foot of the cross (*); Israelites mark their doorposts with blood of the lamb (tau). • Row 05: The Church (the NT, new faith); Crucifixion with Longinus and Stephaton (*); Synagogue (the OT, old faith). • Row 04: Gideon sees angel (*). • Row 03: Christ is mocked and crowned with thorns; Israelite scouts return from promised land with evidence of its richeness; The Scourging of Christ. • Row 02: Women weep at the Crucifixion; Jesus carries the cross (*); Soldiers preparing for the crucifixion. • Row 01: Christ (with candelabra) (*).
Window 176 - West Rose - Last Judgment, detail • Center: Christ enthroned in glory, displaying his wounds. Four beasts and angels surround him. • First circle: Twelve apostles, with Abraham's bosom at 12 o'clock, and the judgment (weighing of souls) at 6 o'clock. Note the angel to the left and devil to the right. • Outer circle: Starting from the 12:30 position, and proceeding clockwise (each circle on the right is paired with one on the left). (1, 12) Instruments of the passion; (2, 11) angels blow trumps; (3, 10) the resurrected dead awaiting judgment; (4,5,8,9) resurrection of the dead (naked, having just come from their graves); (6,7) hell (at the bottom of the circle, naturally enough) [not shown this photo].
Window 176 - West Rose - Last Judgment • Center: Christ enthroned in glory, displaying his wounds. Four beasts and angels surround him. • First circle: Twelve apostles, with Abraham's bosom at 12 o'clock, and the judgment (weighing of souls) at 6 o'clock. Note the angel to the left and devil to the right. • Outer circle: Starting from the 12:30 position, and proceeding clockwise (each circle on the right is paired with one on the left). (1, 12) Instruments of the passion; (2, 11) angels blow trumps; (3, 10) the resurrected dead awaiting judgment; (4,5,8,9) resurrection of the dead (naked, having just come from their graves); (6,7) hell (at the bottom of the circle, naturally enough).
Window 001 - Jesse Tree
Bottom to top: Jesse, David, King (Solomon?), King, King, Mary, Jesus surrounded by seven doves (gifts of the Spirit). Prophets who testified of Christ's coming border the window.
Window 002 - Life of Christ
Bottom to top, left to right: • Row 01: Annunciation of Gabriel to Mary; Visitation of Mary to Elizabeth; Birth of Christ in stable. Note the altar-like manger. • Row 02: Angels to shepherds; Herod; Wise men seeking Christ. • Row 03: Wise men presenting gifts; Christ with Mary; Wise men returning home (they are warned by the angel in the panel directly above them). • Row 04: Presentation at the temple (2 frames); Angel warns wise men to return a different way. • Row 05: Herod angry he's been deceived by wise men; Slaughter of the Innocents (2 frames). • Row 06: Flight into Egypt; Egypt; Return from Egypt. • Row 07: Fall of the idols of Egypt; Baptism of Christ; Dream of St. Joseph. • Row 08: Triumphal entry to Jerusalem (3 frames). • Row 09: Christ in Glory flanked by two angels.
Window 003 - The Passion
Bottom to top, left to right:
• Row 01: Christ Transfigured; Descent from mount of Transfiguration with Peter, James, and John. • Row 02: Last Supper, Washing of Feet. • Row 03: Jesus is betrayed by Judas and seized; Scou
