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Chartres South Exterior Slides 021

Chartres South Exterior Slides 021

South porth, right portal, right side --"Bay of the Confessors"

Figures L - R
• St. Gregory (pope dress)
• St. Jerome (translated Bible into Latin, the "Vulgate"). Beneath him is a woman with bandaged eyes (the 'blind' synagogue replaced by the Church)
• St. Martin (bishop of Tours). Two dogs lick his bishop's staff, since he reportedly prevented them from eating a hare by miraculous means. Martin gets further attention in the tympanum above the door.
• St. Avitus, abbot of Micy [added at porch construction].

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Tags: #Chartres #france #TCS-photo #cathedral #date estimate #exterior #Right #south side #unrestored

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IMG 5096

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 09: Soldiers prepare bath with blood of 3,000 children, intended to heal the emperor if he bathes in it.
• Row 10: Mothers weep in anticipation of children's death; Constantine orders the 'cure' halted, being moved by the mothers' grief.
• Row 11: Mothers receive gifts and their children back (story continues clockwise; [events of Row 12 occur, then] Sylvester and other teach (?) Constantine.
• Row 12: A dream in which Saint Peter and Saint Paul tell Constantine to recall Sylvester, who has fled due to the persecutions; Sylvester receives message from Constantine.

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Tags: #Chartres #Constantine #france #Saint Paul #Saint Peter #Saint Sylvester #TCS-photo #atrocity #cathedral #illness #leprosy #restored #stained glass

Chartres West Exterior Slides 047

Chartres West Exterior Slides 047

Chartres west side, right portal, capitals:

• Malchus (lost ear to Peter's sword and healed by Jesus).
• Judas' betrayal by a kiss.
• Jesus' entry to Jerusalem seated on the colt.
• Jesus being placed in the tomb.

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Tags: #Burial of Christ #Chartres #Entry into Jerusalem #france #Judas #Malchus #TCS-photo #capitals #cathedral #date estimate #exterior #Right #west side

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IMG 5502

Window-062 - Saint Eustace (restored)

Bottom to top, left to right:

• Row 10: Two recruits (his sons) brought to Eustace but he does not recognize them [story continues in row 11, left]; EITHER family celebrates their reunion OR the messengers tell Eustace's friends of his exploits [story continues in Central Diamond 4].

† Central Diamond 4: Eustace, wife, and children re-united [story continues row 12, left].

• Row 11: Eustace's kidnapped wife leaves to find him [story continues in row 10, right]; Eustace's son selected for military service [story continues row 10, left].
• Row 12: Roman emperor thanks his idols for bringing victory to Eustace; Eustace will not worship the idols.
• Row 13: Eustace's execution ordered (also in round panel directly above); servants carry out the emperor's execution order (see also round panel directly above).

†Central Diamond 5: Eustace and family are martyred by being burned in a bull-shaped cauldron.

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Tags: #Chartres #france #Placidas #Saint Eustace #TCS-photo #Trajan #Win062 #cathedral #donors identified #martyrdom #restored #stained glass