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Chartres, west side, right portal, Capitals:

• Last Supper (note Saint John with his head in Jesus' lap).
• Malchus (lost ear to Peter's sword and healed by Jesus).

Album: Chartres-Cathedral

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Window 035 - Saint Simon and Saint Jude

Bottom to top, left to right:

• Row 04: Simon and Jude taken before general Warardac; they pray the idol will speak and reveal its impotence (note God's hand blessing them).
• Row 05: Baradach's priest asks idol how the war will turn out; the apostles predict the war will be prevented the next day.

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Categories: Chartres-Cathedral

Tags: #Baradach #Chartres #france #Hindu #India #Saint Jude #Saint Simon #TCS-photo #Win035 #cathedral #idols #magicians #martyrs #mercy #miracles #restored #soothsayers #stained glass

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Tags: #Chartres #france #TCS-photo #cathedral #date estimate #stained glass #unrestored #untagged

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Tags: #Chartres #france #TCS-photo #Ass #cathedral #donkey #harp #restored #viol #zither

Chartres west side, right portal, left hand side (L - R)
• Unknown OT figure
• Unknown OT figure
• Unknown OT figure

Album: Chartres-Cathedral

Categories: Chartres-Cathedral

Tags: #Chartres #france #Jamb figures #TCS-photo #Unknown figures #cathedral #date estimate #Detail #exterior #Right #west side

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Tags: #Chartres #france #TCS-photo #cathedral #east side #exterior #night #restored

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Tags: #12th century #Chartres #france #TCS-photo #Win002 #cathedral #lancet window #stained glass #west side

Window 014 - Temptation of Christ, Marriage at Cana, Blue Virgin (restored)

Top to bottom, left to right

• Upper half: Mary with the Infant Christ. The three panels containing Mary and Christ, along with the three lancet windows beneath the western rose, are the sole remaining example of the glass from the cathedral largely destroyed in the fire of 1194, dating to circa AD 1180. The face of Mary is modern; note how she is shaped almost throne-like as Christ sits enthroned upon her. Often called "Notre Dame de la Belle Verrière" (Our Lady of the Beautiful Stained Glass Window). The framing panels and remainder of the window are from the current cathedral--circa 1215 - 1220.

Album: Chartres-Cathedral

Categories: Chartres-Cathedral

Tags: #12th century #Blue Virgin #Chartres #france #Marriage at Cana #Mary #TCS-photo #Temptation of Christ #Win014 #cathedral #restored #stained glass

Window 037 - Saint James Major

Bottom to top, left to right (some rows have the story proceed RIGHT to left; marked '!' where this occurs:

• Row 06: James sends his cloak to free Filetus from the spell; the demon thus driven out weeps as he responds to the saint's power.
• Row 07: Hermogenes summons two demons to capture James
• Row 08: James overpower Hermogenes' control, and commands the demons to bring Hermogenes to James (2 panels).
• Row 09: Hermogenes is brought to James and Filetus.
• Row 10: James teaches Hermogenes; the magician is converted and decides to burn his magic texts (note fire in the lower left of the panel).

Album: Chartres-Cathedral

Categories: Chartres-Cathedral

Tags: #Chartres #Filetus #france #Hermogenes #Herod #Josias #Saint James Major #TCS-photo #Win037 #cathedral #devils and demons #high priest #magicians #martyrdom #miracles #restored #stained glass