LDS Scripture Commentary / Photos: Chartres Cathedral
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
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Window 118 - 2nd right, clerestory, apse: Daniel and Jeremiah
Clothiers as donors, Daniel, Jeremiah, Winged creature from Ezekiel's vision with face of a man
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JAMB FIGURES
Right:
• Isaiah - hold flowering stem, the "rod out of Jesse." Jessee beneath.
• Jeremiah - with Greek cross
• Simeon - testified of Christ at the Presentation at the Temple, holds the infant Christ.
• John the Baptist - note coat of camel hair, and he points to the lamb of God. Dragon beneath.
• Peter - dressed as pope, the continuity with Melchizedek, his opposite on the left. He stands on the rock.
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Window 104 - South trancept, clerestory, north-west side, small-rose: John the Baptist (unrestored)
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Window 117 - 3rd right, clerestory, apse: John the Baptist
Bankers as donors. Annunciation to Zacharias.
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Chartres, north side, center portal, night illumination
JAMB FIGURES
Right:
• Isaiah - hold flowering stem, the "rod out of Jesse." Jessee beneath.
• Jeremiah - with Greek cross
• Simeon - testified of Christ at the Presentation at the Temple, holds the infant Christ.
• John the Baptist - note coat of camel hair, and he points to the lamb of God. Dragon beneath.
• Peter - dressed as pope, the continuity with Melchizedek, his opposite on the left. He stands on the rock.
Foreground: ? OT Figures
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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
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Chartres, north side, center portal
JAMB FIGURES
Right:
• Simeon - testified of Christ at the Presentation at the Temple, holds the infant Christ.
• John the Baptist - note coat of camel hair, and he points to the lamb of God. Dragon beneath.
• Peter - dressed as pope, the continuity with Melchizedek, his opposite on the left. He stands on the rock.
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Chartres, north side, center portal
JAMB FIGURES
Right:
• Simeon - testified of Christ at the Presentation at the Temple, holds the infant Christ.
• John the Baptist - note coat of camel hair, and he points to the lamb of God. Dragon beneath.
• Peter - dressed as pope, the continuity with Melchizedek, his opposite on the left. He stands on the rock.
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Window 008 - Vendome Chapel (15th century)
15th century flamboyant gothic.
• Lower rows: Donor (Louis de Bourbon, Count of Vendôme) and wife on far right. Other members of royal family.
• Upper rows: Coronation of the Virgin, flanked by John the Baptist on the left, Saint John the Divine on the right.
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Window 008 - Vendome Chapel (15th century)
15th century flamboyant gothic.
• Lower rows: Donor (Louis de Bourbon, Count of Vendôme) and wife on far right. Other members of royal family.
• Upper rows: Coronation of the Virgins, flanked by John the Baptist on the left, Saint John the Divine on the right.
• Upper: Crucifixion and Last Judgment.
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