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ChartresGlass Box M Slides 075

ChartresGlass Box M Slides 075

Windows 017 - Zodiac and Labours of the Months (unrestored)

Top to bottom, left to right:

• Row 01: Vinegrowers as donors; Count Thibault VI of Champagne; donated at request of the late "Thomas, Count of Perche," who died in the battle of Lincoln (1217). Note the grateful crowd (see also Window 016)
• Row 02: Bell-ringers and winegrowers as donors.
• Row 03: February (man before fire); Pisces.
• Row 04: March (prune vines); Aries.
• Row 05: May & Gemeni combined.
• Row 06: April (budding plants and vines); Taurus.
• Row 07: July (cutting hay); Cancer.
• Row 08: June (cutting wheat) & Leo combined.

Album: Chartres-Cathedral

Categories: Chartres-Cathedral

Tags: #Chartres #france #Jesus Christ #TCS-photo #Win017 #alpha and omega #calendar of months #cathedral #date estimate #donors identified #stained glass #unrestored #zodiac

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Windows 017 - Zodiac and Labours of the Months (restored)

Top to bottom, left to right:

• Row 01: Vinegrowers as donors; Count Thibault VI of Champagne; donated at request of the late "Thomas, Count of Perche," who died in the battle of Lincoln (1217). Note the grateful crowd (see also Window 016)
• Row 02: Bell-ringers and winegrowers as donors.
• Row 03: February (man before fire); Pisces.
• Row 04: March (prune vines); Aries.
• Row 05: May & Gemeni combined.
• Row 06: April (budding plants and vines); Taurus.

Album: Chartres-Cathedral

Categories: Chartres-Cathedral

Tags: #Chartres #france #TCS-photo #Win017 #calendar of months #cathedral #donors identified #interior #restored #stained glass #zodiac

Chartres West Exterior Slides 065

Chartres West Exterior Slides 065

Chartres, west side, left door

• First archivolt (inner): March with pruning vines (top), June with mowing hay.
• Second archivolt: Virgo, Sagittarius December with feasting [only heads of man and woman feasting are visible].

Album: Chartres-Cathedral

Categories: Chartres-Cathedral

Tags: #Chartres #france #TCS-photo #Archivolt #calendar of months #cathedral #date estimate #Detail #exterior #Left #west side #zodiac

Chartres West Exterior Slides 051

Chartres West Exterior Slides 051

Chartres, west side, left door

• Tympanum - Christ ascending into heaven. Angels lean down to ask the apostles "Ye men of Gallilee, why stand ye gazing up into heaven?"
• Archivolts - zodiac alternating with the tasks for each month
• Jamb figures - all unknown OT individuals except Moses on the right.

Album: Chartres-Cathedral

Categories: Chartres-Cathedral

Tags: #Chartres #france #Jamb figures #Moses #TCS-photo #Archivolt #calendar of months #cathedral #date estimate #exterior #Left #lintel #tympanum #west side