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Window 033 - Saint Andrew

Bottom to top, left to right. (The first 5 rows are modern as of 1872, marked '*').

• Row 01*: Jesus gives keys to Saint Peter; Peter speaks to men; Peter raises the dead (see last panel of row 8).
• Row 02*: Peter arrives at a town; a saint is crucified; Jesus speaks to an apostle.
• Row 03*: An apostle and two men; Two apostles pray while idols fall; Apostle sleeps on ground (see last panel of row 7).
• Row 04*: Jesus speaks with apostle; Apostles speaks to a group; Saint praying is struck with clubs.
• Row 05*: Two apostles speak; Apostle is lead to martyrdom; Apostle prays while menaced with a drawn sword.

SAINT ANDREW

Some panels have been replaced out of order, and some salvaged from the lower five rows; the story is easier to follow if the panels are swapped as indicated (** and ***).

• Row 06: Andrew prays before his cross (**); Andrew restores sight and gives a cloak (they meet in the first panel of row 13); Andrew gives communion (***).
• Row 07: Slays serpent that vomits blood; Has proconsul's wife go to raise the child from the dead; Saint Peter and Saint John appear to Andrew and tell him of his coming martyrdom.
• Row 08: Andrew intercedes for a young man falsely accused of incest [likely from the lower 5 rows of the window]; Andrew tells others he will be martyred (***); Demetrius' servant raised from dead.
• Row 09: Proconsul Aegeas orders Andrew out of prison (two panels); Andrew appears before the proconsul.
• Row 10: Andrew meets a blind beggar (see row 6, second panel); (**) Andrew bound to his cross; Others report (criticize?) Andrew's fate to Aegeas.
• Row 11: Repeat of last panel of row 9--Andrew before proconsul; Death of Andrew; Proconsul is tormented by demons and dies.
• Row 12: Jesus between two angels with censers.
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Window 034 - The Apostles (restored, detail)

Some modern frames, marked (*)

• Row 01: Bakers, donors of the window
• Row 02: John 1: 35-40 --> Je

Album: Chartres-Cathedral

Categories: Chartres-Cathedral

Tags: #Aegeas #Ascension #Baradach #Chartres #france #Gethsemane #Hindu #India #Jesush Christ #John the Baptist #Passion #Pentecost #Saint Andrew #Saint James #Saint John #Saint Jude #Saint Nathaniel #Saint Peter #Saint Philip #Saint Simon #TCS-photo #Win033 #Win034 #Win035 #Zebedee #angels #apostles #baptism #calling the apostles #cathedral #censers #devils and demons #donors identified #fig tree #idols #magicians #martyr #martyrs #mercy #miracles #modern glass #modern-glass #new imports #restored #soothsayers #stained glass #washing of feet

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Window 034 - The Apostles (restored, detail)

• Row 10: Jesus speaks of his coming death; Last Supper; Washing of Feet
• Row 11: Jesus in Gethsemane not the cup, which he pleads not to drink, shaped like the chalice of the Mass; Jesus seized; and the apostles flee.
• Row 12: Jesus appears to the apostles after his Resurrection; the apostles witness him ascending; descent of the Holy Ghost on Pentecost
• Row 13: Jesus as ruler of the world.

Album: Chartres-Cathedral

Categories: Chartres-Cathedral

Tags: #Ascension #Chartres #france #Gethsemane #Passion #Pentecost #TCS-photo #Win034 #apostles #cathedral #restored #stained glass #washing of feet

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Window 034 - The Apostles (restored, detail)

Some modern frames, marked (*)

• Row 08: Jesus teaches apostles; Others look on; Three men speak (no halos) (*)
• Row 10: Jesus speaks of his coming death; Last Supper; Washing of Feet
• Row 11: Jesus in Gethsemane not the cup, which he pleads not to drink, shaped like the chalice of the Mass; Jesus seized; and the apostles flee.
• Row 12: Jesus appears to the apostles after his Resurrection; the apostles witness him ascending; descent of the Holy Ghost on Pentecost

Album: Chartres-Cathedral

Categories: Chartres-Cathedral

Tags: #Ascension #Chartres #france #Gethsemane #Passion #Pentecost #TCS-photo #Win034 #apostles #cathedral #modern-glass #restored #stained glass #washing of feet

Chartres West Exterior Slides 059

Chartres West Exterior Slides 059

Chartres, west side, left door

• Tympanum - Christ ascending into heaven. Angels lean down to ask the apostles "Ye men of Gallilee, why stand ye gazing up into heaven?"
• Archivolts - zodiac alternating with the tasks for each month

† First - INNER (left around to right)
• April with tree blossoming, Aries
• May with falconer and horse, Taurus,
• June with mowing hay,

[peak of arch]

• March with pruning vines,
• Aquarius [mostly broken], February with warming self before fire,
• Capricorn, January with two faces.

† OUTER (left around to right)
• July with wheat cutting, Cancer,
• August with wheat threshing, Leo,
• September with treading grapes [not seen here], Virgo [not seen here]
[peak of arch]
• Sagittarius, December with feasting [can just see the feast table],
• Scorpio, November with pig slaughter,
• Libra, October with pruning fruit trees?

Album: Chartres-Cathedral

Categories: Chartres-Cathedral

Tags: #Ascension #Chartres #france #Jesus Christ #TCS-photo #apostles #Archivolt #cathedral #date estimate #exterior #Left #west side

Chartres West Exterior Slides 060

Chartres West Exterior Slides 060

Chartres, west side, left door

• Tympanum - Christ ascending into heaven. Angels lean down to ask the apostles "Ye men of Gallilee, why stand ye gazing up into heaven?"
• Archivolts - zodiac alternating with the tasks for each month

† First - INNER (left around to right)
• April with tree blossoming, Aries
• May with falconer and horse, Taurus,
• June with mowing hay,

[peak of arch]

• March with pruning vines,
• Aquarius [mostly broken], February with warming self before fire,
• Capricorn, January with two faces.

† OUTER (left around to right)
• July with wheat cutting, Cancer,
• August with wheat threshing, Leo,
• September with treading grapes [not seen here], Virgo [not seen here]
[peak of arch]
• Sagittarius, December with feasting [can just see the feast table],
• Scorpio, November with pig slaughter,
• Libra, October with pruning fruit trees?

Album: Chartres-Cathedral

Categories: Chartres-Cathedral

Tags: #Ascension #Chartres #france #Jesus Christ #TCS-photo #apostles #Archivolt #cathedral #date estimate #exterior #tympanum #west side

Chartres West Exterior Slides 058

Chartres West Exterior Slides 058

Chartres, west side, left door

• Tympanum - Christ ascending into heaven. Angels lean down to ask the apostles "Ye men of Gallilee, why stand ye gazing up into heaven?"
• Archivolts - zodiac alternating with the tasks for each month
• Jamb figures - all unknown OT individuals except Moses on the right.

Album: Chartres-Cathedral

Categories: Chartres-Cathedral

Tags: #Ascension #Chartres #france #TCS-photo #cathedral #date estimate #exterior #lintel #west side