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Window 119 - 1st right, clerestory, apse: Moses and Isaiah
Angel with Censer.
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Window 120 - Center, clerestory, apse: Mary
Mary as Queen with Jesus enthroned
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Window 121 - 1st left, clerestory, apse: Aaron
Angel with Censer.
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Chartres South Exterior Slides 025
The Last Judgment
TYMPANUM
Mary (left) and St. John (right) plead and intercede for sinners.
Jesus sits on bench of judgment, with his wounds exposed, signifying his right to be judge of all.
Angels bear the instruments of the passion (L - R)
• Angel behind Mary bears the Roman soldier's spear that pierced his side
• Angel above Mary bears the crown of thorns
• Two angels in high center bear the cross
• Angel above St. John bears the nails
• Angel behind St. John bears the scourage and scourging pillar used by Pilate prior to the crucifixion.
LINTEL
Beneath Christ is the resurrection. The redeemed (to Christ's right, our left) prepare for glory.
To his left, the demons take the wicked to hell. Angels above them drive them with sword and shield.
In the center, St. Michael weighs the soul of each person in the balance to determine their fate. A tiny baby-figure represents the soul; demons and a toad represent the weight of their sins. As so often occurs in these scenes, another demon tries to cheat by pulling the scale downward.
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Window 004 - Saint John the Divine [author of Revelation / the Apocalypse]
Bottom to top, left to right:
• Row 01 [single]: Flight to Egypt
• Rows 02 & 03: Armorers donate the window
• Row 04: Death of Stactacus
• Row 05 & 06: John banished to Patmos; he writes Revelation.
• Row 07: John summoned before Aristomedes
• Rows 08 & 09: John enters Ephesus and raises a woman from the dead; on-lookers are amazed.
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Chartres west side, right portal, tympanum
• First archivolt: Pythagorus [head only, lower left], Music, then angel
• Second archivolt: Priscian or Donatus, Grammar, Ptolomy.
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† Window 095 - South rose: Christ in glory, after Revelation of St. John (unrestored, detail)
Surrounded by the four beasts and 24 elders of the apocalypse. Note the coat of arms (blue and yellow checkerboard) of the donors, Pierre Mauclerc of Dreux-Brittany
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Chartres west side, central portal, tympanum
• Christ in glory sits in the center, surrounded by symbols of the four gospel authors (evangelists):
• Matthew - winged man
• Mark - winged lion
• Luke - winged ox or bull
• John - eagle
• In the lintel beneath, the twelve apostles are in four groups of three.
• To their immediate left stands Elijah; to their right stands Enoch.
• The first archivolt: twelve angels.
• The second and third archivolts: twenty-four elders of the apocalypse (see Revelation 4:4).
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Window 010 - Saint Apollinaris, Celestial Hierarchy, Grisaille (14th century) (restored).
Celestial hierarchy (lowest to highest):
• Row 08: Angels (I); Principals (III); Archangels (II).
• Row 09: Powers (IV); Virtues (V); Dominions (VI).
• Row 10: Cherubim (VIII); Thrones (VII); Seraphim (IX).
• Row 11: Christ, with angels worshipping him.
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