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 01: Furrier as donor
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†North side, lancets, left to right: True versus false sovereigns (restored)
• 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).
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Chartres, north side, right portal.
OUTER GABLE, detail
Saint Modesta, daughter of Roman governor Quirinus, an early martyr of Chartres.
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Chartres, north side, right portal. These are OT types or prefigurements of Christ.
JAMB Figures
Left:
• Balaam on his ass;
• Queen of Sheba on Ethiopian slave;
• Solomon.
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Chartres, north side, center portal, detail
Right:
• Isaiah - hold flowering stem, the "rod out of Jesse." Jessee beneath.
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Chartres, north side, center portal
INNER ARCH
• First archivolt: twelve angels
• Second archivolt: Prophets
• Third archivolt: Jesse Tree
• Fourth archivolt: Jesse Tree continues
• Fifth archivolt: Prophets
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Window 001 - Jesse Tree, detail
Bottom to top: Jesse, David, King (Solomon?), King.
Prophets who testified of Christ's coming border the window.
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Window 006 - Good Samaritan (restored)
Bottom to top, left to right. Circles start at 6 o'clock, proceed left to right:
• Panels 1,2,3: Cobblers, the donors of the window
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†South side, lancets, left to right: demonstrates the OT as the foundation for the NT witness of Christ
• Window 095C - South side, far left lancet: Saint Luke on Jeremiah, beneath is arms of donor's wife and daughter.
• Window 095B - South side, near left lancet: Saint Matthew on Isaiah, beneath is arms of donor's wife and daughter.
• Window 095A - South side, central lancet: Mary with Infant Christ, beneath is arms of donor Dreux-Brittany.
• Window 095D - South side, near right lancet: Saint John on Ezekiel, beneath is arms of donor Pierre Mauclerc and his son.
• Window 095E - South side, far right lancet: Saint Mark on Daniel, beneath is arms of donor Pierre Mauclerc and his son.
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