Window 086 - West clerestory, south trancept: Peter (restored)
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Window 123 - 3rd left, clerestory, apse: Peter (restored)
Bankers as donors, Peter receives the keys
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Chartres West Exterior Slides 085
Chartres, north side, center portal
TYMPANUM
• Mary crowned in glory beside Christ, with angels.
LINTEL
• The Dormition and Assumption of Mary. On the left, the apostles surround her bier; Christ receives her into heaven. On the right, angels bear her body to heaven.
JAMB FIGURES
Left:
• Elisha (Far left) - Shumanite woman beneath. [not visible here]
• Melchizedek - wearing crown, with bread and wine (which he gave Abraham; prefigures the Eucharist). Lamb beneath.
• Abraham - looks up at angel halting the sacrifice of Isaac. Ram beneath.
• Moses - with brazen serpent on the pole, symbol of Christ's crucifixion. Golden calf beneath.
• Samuel - sacrifices a lamb.
• King David - carries instruments of the Passion, which his Psalm 22 foretold. Beneath lion of Judah.
• Center Figure: Saint Anne with Mary, Joachim with flocks underneath.
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.
• Elijah (Far Right) - on his chariot of fire. Beneath Elisha. [not visible here]
INNER ARCH
• First archivolt: twelve angels
• Second archivolt: Prophets
• Third archivolt: Jesse Tree
• Fourth archivolt: Jesse Tree continues
• Fifth archivolt: Prophets
• Sixth and seventh archivolts: 44 seated figures with scrolls and books
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Chartres West Exterior Slides 097
Chartres, north side, center portal
TYMPANUM
• Mary crowned in glory beside Christ, with angels.
LINTEL
• The Dormition and Assumption of Mary. On the left, the apostles surround her bier; Christ receives her into heaven. On the right, angels bear her body to heaven.
JAMB FIGURES
Left:
• Melchizedek - wearing crown, with bread and wine (which he gave Abraham; prefigures the Eucharist). Lamb beneath.
• Abraham - looks up at angel halting the sacrifice of Isaac. Ram beneath.
• Moses - with brazen serpent on the pole, symbol of Christ's crucifixion. Golden calf beneath.
• Samuel - sacrifices a lamb.
• King David - carries instruments of the Passion, which his Psalm 22 foretold. Beneath lion of Judah.
• Center Figure: Saint Anne with Mary, Joachim with flocks underneath.
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.
INNER ARCH
• First archivolt: twelve angels
• Second archivolt: Prophets
• Third archivolt: Jesse Tree
• Fourth archivolt: Jesse Tree continues
• Fifth archivolt: Prophets
• Sixth and seventh archivolts: 44 seated figures with scrolls and books
• Eighth archivolt: Creation and Fall.
GABLE
• God is seated, blessing the world.
PILLARS
• Figures hard to identify. Some see as donors; others as OT prophets.
• Pillar bases: RIGHT: (a) Samuel brought to Eli by parents; (b) Samuel serves God; (c) God appears to Samuel in sleep; (d) Ark is taken, Hophni and Phinehas are slain; (e) Ark brought into Philistine temple to Dagon, causes the idol to fall; (f) Ark sent back by cart drawn by two bulls.
• Pillar bases: LEFT: (a) David as shepherd; (b) Plays harp
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Window 032 - Saint Paul (unrestored)
Top to bottom, left to right.
These are original, except modern panels marked (**)
• Row 07: Barnabus and others listen to Paul; Paul and Barnabus; Fall of Patroclus (?) - According to the Golden Legend, Patroclus fell from a ladder placed against a window of Nero´s palace to permit him to hear Paul preach.
• Row 08: Patroclus' corpse brought to Paul; Patroclus raised from the dead; baptism (††) [This story is much like that of Eutychus if Troas, who fell asleep during a long discourse of Paul's and was killed, but raised--see Acts 20:7-12. The reason for choosing of Patroclus over Eutychus in the interpretation is not clear to me. The figure of "Peter" seems to match in all, so perhaps this is why.]
• Row 09: Paul and Peter before Nero; Simon Magus' dogs repelled by the consecrated host; Paul and Peter pray to raise man from the dead (**)
• Row 10: Simon Magus attacked by his dogs (**); Simon Magus tries to fly, and plumets down; Nero watches Simon Magus' decease
• Row 11: Paul taken to be executed - Saint Plautilla (Roman widow baptized by Peter) gives
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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*: 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.
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Window 030 - Saint Sylvester [Pope, contemporary of Constantine]
Note that there are eight small round medallions. Seven of these show Constantine writing one of the seven laws he gave to the Church. The final medallion (upper right) shows him watching the soul of Sylvester ascend; there is nothing on his scroll (has this finally silenced him? - GLS).
Bottom to top, left to right:
• Center 13: Baptism of Constantine
• Row 14: Sylvester and Constantine prepare foundation for Saint Peter's church in Rome; Sylvester and Constantine return by emperor's chariot.
• Row 15: Constantine watches events of row 16; likewise.
• Row 16: Jewish magician kills bull by whispering to it. Sylvester brings bull back to life.
• Row 17: Sylvester dies, and soul is carried to heaven.
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Window 032 - Saint Paul (unrestored)
Top to bottom, left to right. First 5 rows are modern (1872) except for two panels, marked by an asterisk.
• Row 03: Barnabus brings Paul to meet Peter; Paul is let down in a basket over the walls of Damascus to escape Jews who seek to kill him; Paul and Barnabus (?)
• Row 04: A man strikes Paul (*); Paul blesses crippled man by a door; baptism (copy from older version marked ††).
• Row 05: Paul in stocks in Phillipi; Baptism (copied from Paul's baptismal panel marked †); Paul preaches
These are original, except modern panels marked (**)
• Row 06: [chronology is reversed] Paul is baptized (†); Ananias heals Paul's blindness; Ananias sent by Christ to the house of Judaas where Saul is blind.
• Row 07: Barnabus and others listen to Paul
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Window 086 - West clerestory, south trancept: Peter (restored)
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Window 087 - West clerestory, south trancept: Paul (restored)
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Win088, donors identified, clerestory, Jean de Corville
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RIGHT to left:
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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