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† 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.
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Europe 1 1998 Slides 123
Window 047 - 14th century grisailles, with Saint Lawrence
Saint Lawrence on the gridiron
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Window 002 - Life of Christ
Bottom to top, left to right:
• Row 08: Triumphal entry to Jerusalem (3 frames).
• Row 09: Christ in Glory flanked by two angels.
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Window 060 - Saint Nicholas (third window about him) (restored, detail)
• 1-5: Apothicaries and haberdashers as donors. (4): apothecary
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Chartres, looking south-east
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Window 004 - Saint John the Divine [author of Revelation / the Apocalypse] (restored, detail)
Bottom to top, left to right:
• Row 01 [single]: Flight to Egypt (misplaced, does not really fit with the rest of the window).
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Chartres South Exterior Slides 018
Chartres, south side, right--"Bay of the Confessors"
ARCHIVOLT - angels and kings
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