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Window 056 - Peace Window (20th century)
Donated in 1971 by German Association of Friends of Chartres Cathedral. Theme of peace and reconcilliation.
• Left - Burning bush (revelation through natural phenomenon)
• Right - Menorrah
• 2nd Center - Altar and rainbow (the covenant)
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Chartres, south side, center, archivoltLast judgment. Angels
Chartres, south side, center, archivolt
Last judgment. Angels
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St. Julien the Hospitalier Window Chartres North Choir
Window 045 - St Julien the Hospitaller (restored)
• Row 01: Carpenters; Cartwrights and Coopers as donors
• Row 02: Joiners
• Row 03: Julien with his family; he enters service with nobility.
• Row 04: He waits at table.
• Row 05: He attends his dying Lord (note last rites); he is raised out of servitude.
• Row 06: Master dies; Julien is married.
• Row 07: Julien's wedding feast.
• Row 08: Julien leads troops to war; Julien defeats enemy.
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Chartres West Exterior Slides 011
• Statues: OT figures, but identity unknown.
Chartres left portal, capitals, Herod and Massacre of the Innocents.
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Chartres, north side, center portal
JAMB FIGURES
Left:
• Moses - with brazen serpent on the pole, symbol of Christ's crucifixion. Golden calf beneath.
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Chartres, North side, right portal
INNER ARCH
• Fourth archivolt: Tobias, son of Tobit, who restored vision to his father as Christ would to Israel.
Left:
† Tobit blesses son before departure, with angel watching;
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