• Row 09: Pharaoh dreams • Row 10: Seven fat sheep, seven thin cattle of Pharaoh's dream; Meanwhile, in prison, Joseph interprets dreams of cupbearer and baker. • Row 11: Joseph interprets dream, made governor; Graineries are filled for lean times. • Row 12: Egyptians pour grain into Nile. • Row 13: Jacob sends sons to Egypt looking for food; They travel to Egypt. • Row 14: Joseph receives his brothres. • Row 15 (two half moons): Joseph hides cup in Benjamin's bag, and it is discovered. • Row 16 (two half moons and lower diamond): Brothers return and bring Jacob to Israel (three panels total). • Row 17: Jacob and sons leave for Egypt; Jacob and Joseph are reunited. • Row 18: Christ in Glory.
• 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, detail)
NB: Read TOP to BOTTOM, unlike most windows. Some are modern (marked *).
• 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) (*).
Bottom to top, left to right. Circles are SW to SE, then NW to NE:
• 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. • Quadrants 13, 14: Mary tells the apostles of the resurrection; they do not believe her. - • Panels 15,16,17: Mary comes to Provence; Mary's brother Saint Maximus preaches. - • Quadrant 18: Mary Magdalen's death. • Quadrant 19: She is buried. • Quadrants 20, 21: Jesus receives Mary into Heaven. (Thanks to Him, she too has been 'raised,' just as Lazarus and Jesus were.) - • Panels 22: Angel with censer.
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 - • 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. - • Panels 8,9,10: Jesus comes to Bethany and is met by Mary and Martha, he then raises Lazarus (? while on-lookers are amazed) - • 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.
Bottom to top, left to right (some rows have the story proceed RIGHT to left; marked '!' where this occurs:
• Row 01: Furrier as donor; Draper as donor measures cloth. • Row 02: Christ gives James a pilgrim's staff (perhaps assign to mission in Galacia?) • Row 03: Demon inspires Hermogenes (Almogines), a magician, to send his disciple, Filetus, to confront James; James preaches (!). • Row 04: James and Filetus meet, and the saint converts him. • Row 05: Filetus reports his conversion to Hermogenes; Hermogenes binds his apprentence with magic. • Row 06: James sends his cloak to free Filetus from the spell; the demon thus driven out weeps as he responds to the saint's power. • Row 07: Hermogenes summons two demons to capture James • Row 08: James overpower Hermogenes' control, and commands the demons to bring Hermogenes to James (2 panels). • Row 09: Hermogenes is brought to James and Filetus. • Row 10: James teaches Hermogenes; the magician is converted and decides to burn his magic texts. • Row 11: James tells him to cast the texts into the sea; Hermogenes and Filetus plead for James' forgiveness. • Row 12: Hermogenes destroys an idol.
† Window 145 - North rose: Rose of France glorifying the Virgin (restored)
Virgin in center with Infant Jesus. Surrounded by four doves, four angels, and four Thrones. These are followed by twelve kings of Judah, Mary's ancestors. The outer ring contains twelve minor prophets.
The window was donated while Queen Blanche was regent of France (circa 1230). The arms of France alternating with Castile are seen below the rose itself. The entire ensemble is a none-too-subtle bit of royal propaganda, with Mary (the Queen of Heaven) at the center of it all. Note too that the figures below the rose in the lancets contrast a legitimate righteous sovereign with corrupt, foolish, or fallen ones. Blanche seems to have wanted no doubt about how she ought to be considered.
†North side, lancets, left to right: True versus false sovereigns (restored)
• Window 145C - North side, far left lancet: Melchizedek standing over Nebuchadnezzar (true king over the false Babylonian pretender to world-lordship, worshipping idol of his dream).
• 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).
• Window 145A - North side, central lancet: Saint Anne holding Infant Mary. Beneath this are the arms of France.
• Window 145D - North side, near right lancet: Solomon over Jeroboam, who worships golden calf (wise king over the fool who worshipped idols and abandoned the LORD).
• Window 145E - North side, far right lancet: Aaron above Pharoah, covered by the Red Sea (true priesthood and power over the false).
† Window 145 - North rose: Rose of France glorifying the Virgin (restored)
Virgin in center with Infant Jesus. Surrounded by four doves, four angels, and four Thrones. These are followed by twelve kings of Judah, Mary's ancestors. The outer ring contains twelve minor prophets.
The window was donated while Queen Blanche was regent of France (circa 1230). The arms of France alternating with Castile are seen below the rose itself. The entire ensemble is a none-too-subtle bit of royal propaganda, with Mary (the Queen of Heaven) at the center of it all. Note too that the figures below the rose in the lancets contrast a legitimate righteous sovereign with corrupt, foolish, or fallen ones. Blanche seems to have wanted no doubt about how she ought to be considered.
• 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?
