Window 013 - Story of Saint Anthony of the Desert and Saint Paul the Anchorite (restored)
Top to bottom, left to right, including medallions.
• Row 1 (bottom corners): Fishmongers donated the window. • Row 2: St. Anthony hears the gospel preached; he donates his goods to the poor. • Row 3: He leaves his sister in the care of nuns. • Row 4: A hermit teaches Anthony; he digs, manual labor as part of the hermit's life. • Row 5: Devil (green face and feet) tempts Saint Anthony; Anthony before his fire is tempted by the devil in the form of a woman (also in green dress).
• Row 6 (two circles): Negociates for passage on ship and sails to Egypt (2 panels).
† Central Diamond 3: Eustace and children driven from the boat, while boat captain retains his wife [story continues in row 9].
• Row 7: Eustace's two sons meet and recognize each other; Eustace converses with the emperor's messengers and they realize he is Placidas whom they have been sent to find [story continues row 10]. • Row 8: Emperor Trajan sends for Placidas (now Eustace); The messengers lodge with Eustace without recognizing him [story continues in row 11, right]. • Row 9 (two circles): Eustace fords a river; one child is carried off by pink lion, another attacked by wolf who is in his turn attacked by shepherds [story continues in row 8]. • 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.
Bottom to top, left to right. Circles are SW to SE, then NW to NE:
• Quadrant 11: Mary Magdalen at the sepulchre of Christ (Lazarus is being used as a type of Christ's resurrection) • Quadrant 12: Jesus appears to Mary. • Quadrants 13, 14: Mary tells the apostles of the resurrection; they do not believe her. - • Panels 15,16,17: Mary comes to Provence; Mary's brother Saint Maximus preaches. - • Quadrant 18: Mary Magdalen's death. • Quadrant 19: She is buried. • Quadrants 20, 21: Jesus receives Mary into Heaven. (Thanks to Him, she too has been 'raised,' just as Lazarus and Jesus were.) - • Panels 22: Angel with censer.
• First archivolt: twelve angels • Second archivolt: Prophets • Third archivolt: Jesse Tree • Fourth archivolt: Jesse Tree continues • Fifth archivolt: Prophets
Bottom to top, left to right. Circles are SW to SE, then NW to NE:
• Panels 1,2,3: Water-bearers, the donors of the window - • Quadrant 4: Mary Magdalen at Simon's house • Quadrant 5: Lazarus dies • Quadrants 6, 7: Funeral of Lazarus, with mourners to the left, the bier to the right. - • Panels 8,9,10: Jesus comes to Bethany and is met by Mary and Martha, he then raises Lazarus (? while on-lookers are amazed) - • Quadrant 11: Mary Magdalen at the sepulchre of Christ (Lazarus is being used as a type of Christ's resurrection) • Quadrant 12: Jesus appears to Mary.
Window 004 - Saint John the Divine [author of Revelation / the Apocalypse] Bottom to top, left to right (this pre-restoration shot is virtually unreadable):
• 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.
