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ChartresGlass Box M Slides 026

ChartresGlass Box M Slides 026

Window 002 - Life of Christ

Bottom to top, left to right:

• 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).
• Row 04: Presentation of the temple (2 frames); Angel warns wise men to return a different way.
• 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.
• Row 08: Triumphal entry to Jerusalem (3 frames).
• Row 09: Christ in Glory flanked by two angels.

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 #date estimate #flight into Egypt #idols fall #lancet window #life of Christ #restored #return from Egypt #shepherds #stained glass #west side #wise men

ChartresGlass Box M Slides 061

ChartresGlass Box M Slides 061

Window 013 - Story of Saint Anthony of the Desert and Saint Paul the Anchorite (unrestored)

Top to bottom, left to right, including medallions.

• Row 6: Anthony asks friend to bring him bread in preparation for his hermitage in the desert; Devils come to attack Anthony in the hermitage.
• Row 7 (center): This is slightly out of sequence: Anthony's friend brings bread and finds him immobilized by the pain of the scourging given in the next row up.
• Row 8: Demons scourge Anthony with whips; Anthony appears dead (like a corpse, so his friend carries the immobilized saint back to the desert on his back
• Row 9: Anthony visits Paul the Anchorite as a crow feeds them; Anthony studies alone in his cell.
• Row 10: The two saints celebrate mass; Anthony has vision of Paul's soul (small child) being bourne away by angels.
• Row 11: Lions help bury the body of Paul.
• Row 12: Athanasius receives Anthony's cloak in anticipation of the latter's death; his soul is carried to heaven.

Album: Chartres-Cathedral

Categories: Chartres-Cathedral

Tags: #Athanasius #Chartres #france #Saint Anthony of the Desert #Saint Paul the Anchorite #TCS-photo #Win013 #cathedral #charity #date estimate #devils and demons #hermit #miracles #nuns #stained glass #unrestored

ChartresGlass Box M Slides 070

ChartresGlass Box M Slides 070

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

• 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 #restored #stained glass