† Window 145 - North rose: Rose of France glorifying the Virgin (restored)
Virgin in center with Infant Jesus. Surrounded by four doves, four angels, and four Thrones. These are followed by twelve kings of Judah, Mary's ancestors. The outer ring contains twelve minor prophets.
The window was donated while Queen Blanche was regent of France (circa 1230). The arms of France alternating with Castile are seen below the rose itself. The entire ensemble is a none-too-subtle bit of royal propaganda, with Mary (the Queen of Heaven) at the center of it all. Note too that the figures below the rose in the lancets contrast a legitimate righteous sovereign with corrupt, foolish, or fallen ones. Blanche seems to have wanted no doubt about how she ought to be considered.
Window 007 - Death and Assumption of Mary (unrestored)
Bottom to top, left to right.
• Medallion 4: Mary's funeral (note the coffin held up at the top). • Medallion 5 (small): Angels with censers • Medallion 6: Mary placed in the tomb surrounded by apostles. • Medallion 7 (small): Mary's bodily assumption to heaven, flanked by two angels. • Medallion 8: Jesus crowns Mary as Queen of Heaven. • Medallion 9 (small): Angels bear the crown.
† Window 145 - North rose: Rose of France glorifying the Virgin (unrestored)
Virgin in center with Infant Jesus. Surrounded by four doves, four angels, and four Thrones. These are followed by twelve kings of Judah, Mary's ancestors. The outer ring contains twelve minor prophets.
The window was donated while Queen Blanche was regent of France (circa 1230). The arms of France alternating with Castile are seen below the rose itself. The entire ensemble is a none-too-subtle bit of royal propaganda, with Mary (the Queen of Heaven) at the center of it all. Note too that the figures below the rose in the lancets contrast a legitimate righteous sovereign with corrupt, foolish, or fallen ones. Blanche seems to have wanted no doubt about how she ought to be considered.
†North side, lancets, left to right: True versus false sovereigns (unrestored)
• Window 145C - North side, far left lancet: Melchizedek standing over Nebuchadnezzar (true king over the false Babylonian pretender to world-lordship, worshipping idol of his dream).
• Window 145B - North side, near left lancet: King David standing over King Saul (the chosen king over the apostate king rejected by God, who dies via suicide in despair).
• Window 145A - North side, central lancet: Saint Anne holding Infant Mary. Beneath this are the arms of France.
• Window 145D - North side, near right lancet: Solomon over Jeroboam, who worships golden calf (wise king over the fool who worshipped idols and abandoned the LORD).
• Window 145E - North side, far right lancet: Aaron above Pharoah, covered by the Red Sea (true priesthood and power over the false).
Window 060 - Saint Nicholas (third window about him) (restored) Order is not regular; numbered by panel (see diagram).
• 8: Nicholas refuses to suckle his mother except Mondays and Fridays. • 9: Nicholas in school. • 10-11: When a student in Myra, he drops money into a house to spare three girls without doweries from entering prostitution. He flees rather than be thanked.
(Side half-moons):
• 14-15: Nicholas convinces sailors to provide a famine-stricken down with corn.
• Row 10: Julien cannot sleep; he leaves the battle field and goes home. • Row 11: Julien arrives home unnoticed; thinking his wife has betrayed him, he unwittingly slays his parents. • Row 12: Julien's wife tells him of his mistake. • Row 13: Funeral of parents; Julien views his bloody handiwork. • Row 14: Julien and wife become pilgrims (to expiate his sin?). • Row 15: Crossing via ferry; Building pilgrim hostel. • Row 16: Welcoming pilgrims; washing pilgrims' feet. • Row 17: Crossing via ferry; Building pilgrim hostel. • Row 18: Christ approaches river in disguise. • Row 19: Unaware, Julien rows Christ across the river; his wife holds up lantern on the bank to guide them. • Row 20: Julien and his wife die and their souls go to heaven.
Window 118 - 2nd right, clerestory, apse: Daniel and Jeremiah
Clothiers as donors, Daniel, Jeremiah, Winged creature from Ezekiel's vision with face of a man. == Window 119 - 1st right, clerestory, apse: Moses and Isaiah
Bakers as donors, Moses with burning bush, Isaiah, Angel with Censer. == Window 120 - Center, clerestory, apse: Mary
Bakers as donors, Annunciation, Visitation, Mary as queen == Window 121 - 1st left, clerestory, apse: Aaron
Geoffery, a hosier, and his wife as donors, Aaron and Angel with Censer. == Window 122 - 2nd left, clerestory, apse: Aaron
• Row 01: Wine cryers or tavern keepers offering wine for sale. • Surrounding border: Wine cryers or tavern keepers offering wine for sale.
† Center circles (continued uses of wine):
• Half circle 1: Winecryers, the donors. • Circle 02: Barrel of wine taken to Cathedral • 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 02: Nobleman and followers (?); Procession from Church (?). • Row 03: Lubin works as a shepherd boy; Monk gives Lubin belt with alphabet upon it. • Row 04: Lubin's father? procures an alphabet, or a churchman teaches him to read; Lubin studies while his friends make merry (a nice contrast for a wine cryer's window!). • Row 05: Lubin enters a monastery; Nileffus advises Lubin to visit other monastaries to expand his learning. • 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.
• Row 02: Cobbler scraping hide as donor; Martin is baptized; Cobbler stitches shoe as donor. • Row 03: Martin revives a catachumen who died prior to baptism; Cobbler trimming sole of shoe as donor; Saint Hillaire makes Martin an exorcist. • Row 04: Martin is attack by two ruffians, one saves his life; The brigands waiting to attack; Martin escapes by making a pine tree fall on the brigands.
