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P1020596

P1020596

original (4295078099)

Window 016 - The Virgin Mary

Top to bottom, left to right:

• Row 04: Mary is schooled (note the whipping stick if needed; 2 panels); Mary betrothed to Saint Joseph.
• Row 05: Mary and Joseph married; the Annunciation; The Visitation.
• Row 06: Nativity; Annunciation to Shepherds; Presentaton at the Temple.
• Row 07: Herod consults experts; Adoration of the Magi (2 panels).
• Row 08: Flight into Egypt; Massacre of the Innocents; Herod orders the Massacre.
• Row 09: Jesus Christ with worshipers.

Album: Chartres-Cathedral

Categories: Chartres-Cathedral

Tags: #Adoration of the Magi #Annunciation #Chartres #Elizabeth #france #Jesus Christ #Mary #Massacre of the Innocents #Saint Anne #Saint Joachim #TCS-photo #Tibault VI #Visitation #Win016 #birth of Mary #cathedral #donors identified #flight into Egypt #interior #restored #shepherds #stained glass

Europe 2 1998 Slides 11

Europe 2 1998 Slides 11

Window 117 - 3rd right, clerestory, apse: John the Baptist (unrestored)

Bankers as donors. Annunciation to Zacharias, John and "Behold the Lamb of God," Baptism of Christ

Album: Chartres-Cathedral

Categories: Chartres-Cathedral

Tags: #Chartres #france #Gabriel #Jesus Christ #John the Baptist #TCS-photo #Win117 #Zacharias #baptism of Christ #cathedral #date estimate #donors identified #lamb of God #stained glass #unrestored #whole-windows

P1020560

P1020560

original (4295078053)

Window 061 - Joseph, Son of Jacob (restored)

Bottom to top, left to right

• Row 01 (half moons): Bankers, as donors
• Row 02: Joseph's dream, with sun, moon, and stars bowing down to him.
• Row 03: Jacob sends Joseph to his brothers; Brothers plot against Joseph
• Row 04: Brothers put into pit.
• Row 05 (half moons): Sold to Ishmaelite traders as slave; they bring the coat of many colors to Jacob.
• Row 06: Sold to Potiphar; Potiphar's wife tempts him
• Row 07: She accuses him to Potiphar.
• Row 08: Potiphar arrests Joseph; Has him thrown into prison.
• 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.

Album: Chartres-Cathedral

Categories: Chartres-Cathedral

Tags: #Chartres #Egypt #france #Jacob #Jesus Christ #Joseph son of Jacob #Potiphar #Potiphar's wife #TCS-photo #Win061 #cathedral #donors identified #dreams #interior #restored #stained glass #types of Christ #whole-windows

P1020568

P1020568

original (4295078059)

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).
• 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) (*).

Album: Chartres-Cathedral

Categories: Chartres-Cathedral

Tags: #Abraham #Adam #Annointing of Christ's body #Chartres #Christ in Glory #Crucifixion #Elijah #Ephraim #Flagellation #france #Gideon #Isaac #Israelite scouts #Jacob #Jesus Christ #Jonah #King David #Longinus #Manasseh #Moses #Sacrifice of Isaac #Samson #Stephaton #TCS-photo #Win059 #angels #blood of the lamb #blood on doorposts #brass serpent #candelabra #cathedral #crown of thorns #descent from the cross #donors identified #focus-issues #interior #pelican #promised land #restored #stained glass #the Church #the Synagogue #types of Christ #whole-windows #widow of Sareptha

ChartresGlass Box M Slides 092

ChartresGlass Box M Slides 092

Window 033 - Saint Andrew

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

• Row 01*: Peter speaks to men; Peter raises the dead (see last panel of row 8).
• Row 02*: A saint is crucified; Jesus speaks to an apostle.
• Row 03*: Two apostles pray while idols fall; Apostle sleeps on ground (see last panel of row 7).
• Row 04*: Apostles speaks to a group; Saint praying is struck with clubs.

Album: Chartres-Cathedral

Categories: Chartres-Cathedral

Tags: #Aegeas #Chartres #france #Jesus Christ #Saint Andrew #Saint John #Saint Peter #TCS-photo #Win033 #angels #cathedral #censers #date estimate #devils and demons #martyr #miracles #stained glass #unrestored

ChartresGlass Box M Slides 045

ChartresGlass Box M Slides 045

Window 007 - Death and Assumption of Mary (detail, unrestored)

• Medallion 2: Apostles around Mary's deathbed

Album: Chartres-Cathedral

Categories: Chartres-Cathedral

Tags: #Assumption of Mary #Chartres #france #Jesus Christ #Mary #Queen of Heaven #TCS-photo #Win007 #angels #apostles #burial of Mary #cathedral #censers #date estimate #death of Mary #Detail #donors identified #stained glass