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† Window 145 - North rose: Rose of France glorifying the Virgin (restored, detail)

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.

Album: Chartres-Cathedral

Categories: Chartres-Cathedral

Tags: #Blanche of Castille #Chartres #france #Jesus Christ #Mary #Mary enthroned in glory #TCS-photo #Win145 #angels #cathedral #Detail #donors identified #doves #kings of Judah #minor prophets #north side #restored #rose window #stained glass #thrones

Window 014 - Temptation of Christ, Marriage at Cana, Blue Virgin (detail, unrestored)

• Upper half: Mary with the Infant Christ. The three panels containing Mary and Christ, along with the three lancet windows beneath the western rose, are the sole remaining example of the glass from the cathedral largely destroyed in the fire of 1194, dating to approximately AD 1180. The face of Mary is modern; note how she is shaped almost throne-like as Christ sits enthroned upon her. Often called "Notre Dame de la Belle Verrière" (Our Lady of the Beautiful Stained Glass Window). The framing panels and remainder of the window are from the current cathedral--circa 1215 - 1220.

Album: Chartres-Cathedral

Categories: Chartres-Cathedral

Tags: #12th century #Blue Virgin #Chartres #france #Marriage at Cana #Mary #TCS-photo #Temptation of Christ #Win014 #cathedral #date estimate #stained glass #unrestored

† 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.

Album: Chartres-Cathedral

Categories: Chartres-Cathedral

Tags: #Blanche of Castille #Chartres #france #Jesus Christ #Mary #Mary enthroned in glory #TCS-photo #Win145 #angels #cathedral #Detail #donors identified #doves #kings of Judah #minor prophets #north side #restored #rose window #stained glass #thrones

Window 002 - Life of Christ

Bottom to top, left to right:

• Row 01: Annunciation of Gabriel to Mary; Visitation of Mary to Elizabeth; Birth of Christ in stable. Note the altar-like manger.
• Row 02: Angels to shepherds; Herod; Wise men seeking Christ.
• Row 03: Wise men presenting gifts; Christ with Mary; Wise men returning home (they are warned by the angel in the panel directly above them).

Album: Chartres-Cathedral

Categories: Chartres-Cathedral

Tags: #12th century #Annunciation #Chartres #Elizabeth #france #Gabriel #Herod #Mary #Nativity #TCS-photo #Visitation #Win002 #angels #cathedral #interior #lancet window #restored #shepherds #stained glass #west side #wise men

Window 010 - Saint Apollinaris, Celestial Hierarchy, Grisaille (14th century) (restored).
Two rows of grisaille were inserted in 1328, replacing older glass. Its purpose was to honor the saints whose altar had been installed before it.

• Row 01: Grisaille quarrels and tituli identifying the saints in left of row 2; Inscription recording Canon Theirry's donation; Grisaille quarrels and tituli identifying the saints in panel 06 right of row 2.
• Row 02: Saints Quiricus (Cyr) and his mother, St Julitte, St Maur, St Radigonde; Canon Guillaume Theirry kneeling before the Virgin and Child; St Sulpice, St Mathurin de Laurchant, St Lifart slaying the dragon.

SAINT APOLLINARIS

• Row 03: Saint Apollinaris heals blind child (son of judge Thaurus?); Meets tribune of Ravenna; Heals tribune's wife.
• Row 04: Baptises tribune and his household; Goes into exile; heals woman possessed with evil spirit.
• Row 05: Apollinaris enters home of Rufus Patricius, Duke of Ravenna; Raises Rufus' daughter from the dead; Provost demands Apollinaris sacrifice to idols.
• Row 06: Angel visits the saint in prison; temple of Jupiter/Zeus collapses due to saints' prayer; Provost and others watch temple's destruction.

Album: Chartres-Cathedral

Categories: Chartres-Cathedral

Tags: #14th century #Canon Guillame Theirry #Canon Theirry #Chartres #france #Infant Jesus #Mary #Saint Apollinaris #Saint Cyr (Quiricus) #Saint Julitte #Saint Lifart #Saint Mathurin de Laucchant #Saint Maur #Saint Radigonde #Saint Sulpice #TCS-photo #Win010 #cathedral #grisailles #idols #martyrs #miracles #restored #stained glass

RIGHT to left:

Window 131 - Modern grisailles, glass removed in 1788.
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Window 132 - clerestory, west end of north choir, small-rose: King of Castille.
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Window 133 - clerestory, west end of north choir, lancet: Peasant or pilgrims

Peasants or pilgrims.

Donor Robert de Bérou, chancellor of cathedral.
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Window 134 - clerestory, west end of north choir, lancet: Mary with Infant Christ

Mary with Infant Christ.

Donor coat of arms puts in family of Regnault de Mouçon, bishop of Chartres (d. 1217).
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Window 135 - clerestory, west end of north choir, small-rose: Jesus between two candelabra

Album: Chartres-Cathedral

Categories: Chartres-Cathedral

Tags: #Castille #Chartres #Christ #france #Infant Christ #Mary #Regnault de Moucon #Robert de Berou #TCS-photo #Win131 #Win132 #Win133 #Win134 #Win135 #candelabra #cathedral #choir #clerestory #date estimate #donors identified #grisailles #king #lancet #modern-glass #peasants #pilgrims #rose window #small-rose #stained glass #unrestored

Chartres, north side, left portal, left side

JAMB FIGURES

• Isaiah (prophet of Christ's coming, now headless), and then Annunciation (Gabriel treading on devil; Mary treading on serpent).

Album: Chartres-Cathedral

Categories: Chartres-Cathedral

Tags: #Annunciation #Chartres #france #Gabriel #Isaiah #Jamb figures #Mary #TCS-photo #cathedral #date estimate #exterior #Left #north side

RIGHT to left:

Window 131 - Modern grisailles, glass removed in 1788.
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Window 132 - clerestory, west end of north choir, small-rose: King of Castille.
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Window 133 - clerestory, west end of north choir, lancet: Peasant or pilgrims

Peasants or pilgrims.

Donor Robert de Bérou, chancellor of cathedral.
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Window 134 - clerestory, west end of north choir, lancet: Mary with Infant Christ

Mary with Infant Christ.

Donor coat of arms puts in family of Regnault de Mouçon, bishop of Chartres (d. 1217).
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Window 135 - clerestory, west end of north choir, small-rose: Jesus between two candelabra

Album: Chartres-Cathedral

Categories: Chartres-Cathedral

Tags: #Castille #Chartres #Christ #france #Infant Christ #Mary #Regnault de Moucon #Robert de Berou #TCS-photo #Win131 #Win132 #Win133 #Win134 #Win135 #candelabra #cathedral #choir #clerestory #date estimate #donors identified #grisailles #king #lancet #modern-glass #peasants #pilgrims #rose window #small-rose #stained glass #unrestored

Window 002 - Life of Christ

Bottom to top, left to right:

• Row 05: Herod angry he's been deceived by wise men; Slaughter of the Innocents (2 frames).
• Row 06: Flight into Egypt; Egypt; Return from Egypt.
• Row 07: Fall of the idols of Egypt; Baptism of Christ; Dream of St. Joseph.

Album: Chartres-Cathedral

Categories: Chartres-Cathedral

Tags: #12th century #Annunciation #Chartres #Elizabeth #Entry into Jerusalem #france #Gabriel #Herod #Jesus Christ #Mary #Nativity #Presentation at the Temple #Saint Joseph #Slaughter of the Innocents #TCS-photo #Visitation #Win002 #angels #baptism of Christ #cathedral #flight into Egypt #idols fall #interior #lancet window #restored #return from Egypt #shepherds #stained glass #west side #wise men

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Window 133 - Clerestory, west end of north choir, lancet: Peasant or pilgrims

Peasants or pilgrims.
Donor Robert de Bérou, chancellor of cathedral.

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Window 134 - Clerestory, west end of north choir, lancet: Mary with Infant Christ

Mary with Infant Christ.
Donor coat of arms puts in family of Regnault de Mouçon, bishop of Chartres (d. 1217).

Album: Chartres-Cathedral

Categories: Chartres-Cathedral

Tags: #Chartres #france #Infant Christ #Mary #Regnault de Moucon #Robert de Berou #TCS-photo #Win133 #Win134 #cathedral #choir #clerestory #donors identified #lancet #peasants #pilgrims #restored #stained glass