IMG 5199

IMG 5199

Chartres, north side, center portal

INNER ARCH

• Eighth archivolt: Creation and Fall [top to bottom]

(12) & (13) Adam and Even happy in Eden (Adam sleep at top, possible name animals to the right)

(14) Temptation [note serpent coiled round tree next to eat, Adan is the archivolt to the right and downward]

(15) Adam and Eve hide

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IMG 5120

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

• 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.

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ChartresGlass Box P Slides 019

ChartresGlass Box P Slides 019

† Window 095 - South rose: Christ in glory, after Revelation of St. John

Surrounded by the four beasts and 24 elders of the apocalypse. Note the coat of arms (blue and yellow checkerboard) of the donors, Pierre Mauclerc of Dreux-Brittany

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Story of Ste. Mary Magdalene

Story of Ste. Mary Magdalene

Window 005 - Mary Magdalen

Bottom to top, left to right. Circles are SW to SE, then NW to NE:
• Panels 1,2,3: Water-bearers, the donors of the window
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• Quadrant 4: Mary Magdalen at Simon's house
• Quadrant 5: Lazarus dies
• Quadrants 6, 7: Funeral of Lazarus, with mourners to the left, the bier to the right.
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• Panels 8,9,10: Jesus comes to Bethany and is met by Mary and Martha, he then raises Lazarus (? while on-lookers are amazed)
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• Quadrant 11: Mary Magdalen at the sepulchre of Christ (Lazarus is being used as a type of Christ's resurrection)
• Quadrant 12: Jesus appears to Mary.
• Quadrants 13, 14: Mary tells the apostles of the resurrection; they do not believe her.
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• Panels 15,16,17: Mary comes to Provence; Mary's brother Saint Maximus preaches.
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• Quadrant 18: Mary Magdalen's death.
• Quadrant 19: She is buried.
• Quadrants 20, 21: Jesus receives Mary into Heaven. (Thanks to Him, she too has been 'raised,' just as Lazarus and Jesus were.)
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• Panels 22: Angel with censer.

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