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

P1020581

P1020581

original (4295078075)

Window 041 - Saint Stephen
Bottom to top, left to right:

• Row 09: Juliana transports Stephen's body to Constantinople; Meanwhile, a king (Emperor Theodosius?) is tormented by a demon.
• Row 10: King sends messengers to the shore--this foreshadows other events; Meanwhile, Stephen's body is loaded on a ship for transport to Constantinople.
• Row 11: Demons try to sink the ship, but the sailors invoke Saint Stephen, and are spared.
• Row 12: Ship arrives at shore; A crowd gathers to receive the body.
• Row 13: Stephen's body/relics are taken into the city; the Patriarch of Constantinople comes to meet it.
• Row 14: Stephen's soul is carried to heaven by the angels.

Album: Chartres-Cathedral

Categories: Chartres-Cathedral

Tags: #Chartres #Constantinople #france #Gamaliel #Jews #Juliana #Saint Paul #Saint Stephen #Sanhedrin #TCS-photo #Win041 #cathedral #devils and demons #interior #martyr #relics #restored #souls #stained glass

IMG 5456

IMG 5456

Window 176 - West Rose - Last Judgment
• Center: Christ enthroned in glory, displaying his wounds. Four beasts and angels surround him (detail)

• First circle: Twelve apostles, with Abraham's bosom at 12 o'clock, and the judgment (weighing of souls) at 6 o'clock. Note the angel to the left and devil to the right.

Album: Chartres-Cathedral

Categories: Chartres-Cathedral

Tags: #Abraham #Abraham's bosom #Chartres #france #Jesus Christ #TCS-photo #Win176 #angels #cathedral #Detail #devils and demons #hell #instruments of the passion #last judgment #restoration in progress #restored #resurrection #rose window #stained glass #west side

Chartres, south side, center, archivoltLast judgment, demons with the damned.

Chartres, south side, center, archivoltLast judgment, demons with the damned.

Chartres, south side, center, archivolt

Last judgment, demons with the damned.

Album: Chartres-Cathedral

Categories: Chartres-Cathedral

Tags: #Chartres #france #TCS-photo #Archivolt #cathedral #Center #damned #Detail #devils and demons #hell #last judgment #miser #south side #unrestored

ChartresGlass Box M Slides 116

ChartresGlass Box M Slides 116

Window 041 - Saint Stephen (unrestored)
Bottom to top, left to right:

• Row 09: Juliana transports Stephen's body to Constantinople; Meanwhile, a king (Emperor Theodosius?) is tormented by a demon.
• Row 10: King sends messengers to the shore--this foreshadows other events; Meanwhile, Stephen's body is loaded on a ship for transport to Constantinople.
• Row 11: Demons try to sink the ship, but the sailors invoke Saint Stephen, and are spared.
• Row 12: Ship arrives at shore; A crowd gathers to receive the body.
• Row 13: Stephen's body/relics are taken into the city; the Patriarch of Constantinople comes to meet it.
• Row 14: Stephen's soul is carried to heaven by the angels.

Album: Chartres-Cathedral

Categories: Chartres-Cathedral

Tags: #Chartres #Constantinople #france #Gamaliel #Jews #Juliana #Saint Paul #Saint Stephen #Sanhedrin #TCS-photo #Win041 #cathedral #date estimate #devils and demons #martyr #relics #souls #stained glass

ChartresGlass Box P Slides 009

ChartresGlass Box P Slides 009

Window 063 - Saint Lubin / Leobinus (unrestored)

• Surrounding border: Wine cryers or tavern keepers offering wine for sale.

† Center circles (continued uses of wine):

• Circle 03: Celler master brings wine to be consecrated.
• Circle 04: Highest use of wine -- the Eucharist.
• Circle 05: Christ, with Alpha and Omega.

† Left to right, top to bottom (excluding central circles and border):

• Row 06: Lubin, Nileffus and others approach another monastery, Saint Avil in Perche; Lubin et al. leave monastery (?) or welcome others to the monastery (?).
• Row 07: Lubin et al. blessed by Saint Avitus [story continues next row up, left side]; Lubin is appointed bishop of Chartres [story continues next row up, right side].
• Row 08: Avitus appoints Lubin cellerer, as he hands over the keys (celler being a nice wine cryer's touch) [story continues row down, right side]; Now-Bishop Lubin leaves on pastoral visit.
• Row 09: Bishop Lubin sprinkles holy water on a house as an exorcism two panels).
• Row 10: Christ with alpha and omega.

Album: Chartres-Cathedral

Categories: Chartres-Cathedral

Tags: #Chartres #france #Jesus Christ #Nileffus #Saint Avil in Perche #Saint Avitus #Saint Leobinus #Saint Lubin #TCS-photo #Win063 #alpha and omega #bishop #cathedral #date estimate #devils and demons #donors identified #exorcism #monastery #monk #reading #stained glass #unrestored

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IMG 5455

Window 176 - West Rose - Last Judgment
• Center: Christ enthroned in glory, displaying his wounds. Four beasts and angels surround him.

• First circle: Twelve apostles, with Abraham's bosom at 12 o'clock, and the judgment (weighing of souls) at 6 o'clock. Note the angel to the left and devil to the right.
• Outer circle: Starting from the 12:30 position, and proceeding clockwise (each circle on the right is paired with one on the left). (1, 12) Instruments of the passion; (2, 11) angels blow trumps; (3, 10) the resurrected dead awaiting judgment; (4,5,8,9) resurrection of the dead (naked, having just come from their graves); (6,7) hell (at the bottom of the circle, naturally enough).

Album: Chartres-Cathedral

Categories: Chartres-Cathedral

Tags: #Abraham #Abraham's bosom #Chartres #france #Jesus Christ #TCS-photo #Win176 #angels #cathedral #devils and demons #hell #instruments of the passion #last judgment #restoration in progress #restored #resurrection #rose window #stained glass #west side #whole-windows

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IMG 5457

Window 176 - West Rose - Last Judgment (restored, detail)

• Center: Christ enthroned in glory, displaying his wounds. Four beasts and angels surround him.
• First circle: Twelve apostles, with Abraham's bosom at 12 o'clock, and the judgment (weighing of souls) at 6 o'clock. Note the angel to the left and devil to the right.
• Outer circle: Starting from the 12:30 position, and proceeding clockwise (each circle on the right is paired with one on the left). (1, 12) Instruments of the passion; (2, 11) angels blow trumps; (3, 10) the resurrected dead awaiting judgment; (4,5,8,9) resurrection of the dead (naked, having just come from their graves); (6,7) hell (at the bottom of the circle, naturally enough).

Album: Chartres-Cathedral

Categories: Chartres-Cathedral

Tags: #Abraham #Abraham's bosom #Chartres #france #TCS-photo #Win176 #angels #cathedral #Detail #devils and demons #hell #instruments of the passion #last judgment #restoration in progress #restored #resurrection #rose window #stained glass #west side