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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).

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 #date estimate #descent from the cross #donors identified #pelican #promised land #stained glass #the Church #the Synagogue #types of Christ #unrestored #whole-windows #widow of Sareptha

Chartres, North side, right portal

INNER ARCH

• First archivolt: twelve angels bearing sun, moon, and stars.
• Second archivolt: life of Gideon
Right: (story starts in bottom left of arch, so these events are in reverse order)

† Gideon visited by angel while he winnows corn;
† Dragon (beneath);

• Third archivolt: life Judith (prefiguring Mary)

Right: (story starts in bottom left of arch, so these events are in reverse order)

† Judith speaks with King Ozias, rebukes him for surrendering the town;
† Head of Holofernes

• Fourth archivolt: Tobias, son of Tobit, who restored vision to his father as Christ would to Israel (starting at top of arch, continued from bottom left of the arch);

† Raphael the angel binds Asmodeus (who had been slaying Sarah's husbands)--partially visible;
† Tobias returns and cures his father's blindness;
† Crowned head.

Album: Chartres-Cathedral

Categories: Chartres-Cathedral

Tags: #Ahasuerus #Asmodeus #Chartres #Esther #france #Gideon #Holofernes #Judith #Mordecai #Raguel #Samson #TCS-photo #Tobias #Tobit #Archivolt #cathedral #date estimate #exterior #north side #Right

Chartres, North side, right portal

INNER ARCH

• Second archivolt: life of Sampson

† Samson carries off the gates of Gaza.

Album: Chartres-Cathedral

Categories: Chartres-Cathedral

Tags: #Chartres #france #Samson #TCS-photo #arch #Archivolt #cathedral #north side #restored #Right

Chartres, North side, right portal

INNER ARCH

• First archivolt: twelve angels bearing sun, moon, and stars.
• Second archivolt: life of Gideon
Right: (story starts in bottom left of arch, so these events are in reverse order)

† Gideon wrings water from fleece (partially visible);
† Gideon offers sacrifice;

• Third archivolt: life Judith (prefiguring Mary)

Right: (story starts in bottom left of arch, so these events are in reverse order)

† Leaves town with servant (partially visible);
† Covers head and prays;

• Fourth archivolt: Tobias, son of Tobit, who restored vision to his father as Christ would to Israel (starting at top of arch, continued from bottom left of the arch);

† Tobias marries Sarah, and they pray in bedroom on wedding night;
† Raphael the angel binds Asmodeus (who had been slaying Sarah's husbands);

Album: Chartres-Cathedral

Categories: Chartres-Cathedral

Tags: #Ahasuerus #Asmodeus #Chartres #Esther #france #Gideon #Holofernes #Judith #Mordecai #Raguel #Samson #TCS-photo #Tobias #Tobit #Archivolt #cathedral #date estimate #exterior #north side #Right

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.

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 #interior #pelican #promised land #restored #stained glass #the Church #the Synagogue #types of Christ #widow of Sareptha