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† Window 095 - South rose: Christ in glory, after Revelation of St. John

Surrounded by the four beasts and 24 elders of the apocalypse. Angels and elders hold musical instruments, censers, and vials of perfume. Note the coat of arms (blue and yellow checkerboard) of the donors, Pierre Mauclerc of Dreux-Brittany.

• Saint Luke - winged bull

Album: Chartres-Cathedral

Categories: Chartres-Cathedral

Tags: #24 Elders of the Apocalypse #4 Beasts of the Apocalypse #4 evangelists #Chartres #Christ in Glory #Dreux #france #Jesus Christ #Revelation #Saint Luke #TCS-photo #Win095 #cathedral #Detail #donors identified #restored #rose window #south side #stained glass

Window 030 - Saint Sylvester [Pope, contemporary of Constantine] (restored, detail)

• Row 01: Stonemasons as donors: two men carry a stone

Album: Chartres-Cathedral

Categories: Chartres-Cathedral

Tags: #Chartres #france #TCS-photo #cathedral #Detail #donors identified #masons #restored #stained glass

• Window 145B - North side, near left lancet: King David standing over King Saul (the chosen king over the apostate king rejected by God, who dies via suicide in despair).

Album: Chartres-Cathedral

Categories: Chartres-Cathedral

Tags: #Chartres #france #King David #Saul #TCS-photo #Win145B #cathedral #Detail #donors identified #lancet window #north side #restored #stained glass

Chartres, north side, center portal, detail

JAMB FIGURES

• Elijah (Far Right) - on his chariot of fire. Beneath Elisha.

Album: Chartres-Cathedral

Categories: Chartres-Cathedral

Tags: #Chartres #Elijah #Elisha #france #Jamb figures #TCS-photo #cathedral #Center #Detail #exterior #north side #restored #sculpture

Window 038 - Charlemagne

Bottom to top, left to right:

[Spanish Crusades - from Chronicle of Pseudo-Turpin]

• Circle 09: Charlemagne builds a church to Saint James, who instigated the crusade.

Album: Chartres-Cathedral

Categories: Chartres-Cathedral

Tags: #Charlemagne #Chartres #france #Saint James Major #Spanish Crusade #TCS-photo #Win038 #cathedral #Detail #restored #stained glass

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

• First archivolt:February with warming self before fire.

• Second archivolt: November with pig slaughter.

Album: Chartres-Cathedral

Categories: Chartres-Cathedral

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

Window 001 - Jesse Tree, detail

Bottom to top: Jesse, David.

Prophets who testified of Christ's coming border the window.

Album: Chartres-Cathedral

Categories: Chartres-Cathedral

Tags: #12th century #Chartres #france #Jesse #Jesse Tree #King David #TCS-photo #Win001 #cathedral #date estimate #Detail #prophets #stained glass

Chartres, west side, left portal, archivolt.

• First archivolt (inner): Aries, May with falconer and horse

• Second archivolt (outer): Cancer, August with wheat threshing, Leo.

Album: Chartres-Cathedral

Categories: Chartres-Cathedral

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

Chartres west side, central portal, tympanum

• Christ in glory sits in the center, surrounded by symbols of the four gospel authors (evangelists):

• Matthew - winged man
• Mark - winged lion
• Luke - winged ox or bull
• John - eagle

• In the lintel beneath, the twelve apostles are in four groups of three.
• To their immediate left stands Elijah; to their right stands Enoch.

• The first archivolt: twelve angels.
• The second and third archivolts: twenty-four elders of the apocalypse (see Revelation 4:4).

Album: Chartres-Cathedral

Categories: Chartres-Cathedral

Tags: #4 evangelists #Chartres #france #Jesus Christ #Saint John #Saint Luke #Saint Mark #Saint Matthew #TCS-photo #cathedral #Detail #exterior #lintel #west side

Chartres, west side, left portal, archivolt.

• First archivolt (inner): April with tree blossoming, Aries

• Second archivolt (outer): July with wheat cutting, Cancer, August with wheat threshing, Leo.

Album: Chartres-Cathedral

Categories: Chartres-Cathedral

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