Window 014 - Temptation of Christ, Marriage at Cana, Blue Virgin (restored)
• 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.
• Row 08: Jesus teaches apostles; Others look on; Three men speak (no halos) (*) • Row 10: Jesus speaks of his coming death; Last Supper; Washing of Feet • Row 11: Jesus in Gethsemane not the cup, which he pleads not to drink, shaped like the chalice of the Mass; Jesus seized; and the apostles flee. • Row 12: Jesus appears to the apostles after his Resurrection; the apostles witness him ascending; descent of the Holy Ghost on Pentecost
†Central Diamond 1: Placidas hunts a stag. • Row 1: Part of the hunt. • Row 2: Part of the hunt. • Row 3 (two circles): Sees crucifix between stag's antlers; Placidus chooses to be baptized a Christian, and receives the name Eustace.
• Row 6 (two circles): Negociates for passage on ship and sails to Egypt (2 panels).
† Central Diamond 3: Eustace and children driven from the boat, while boat captain retains his wife [story continues in row 9].
• Row 7: Eustace's two sons meet and recognize each other; Eustace converses with the emperor's messengers and they realize he is Placidas whom they have been sent to find [story continues row 10]. • Row 8: Emperor Trajan sends for Placidas (now Eustace); The messengers lodge with Eustace without recognizing him [story continues in row 11, right]. • Row 9 (two circles): Eustace fords a river; one child is carried off by pink lion, another attacked by wolf who is in his turn attacked by shepherds [story continues in row 8]. • Row 10: Two recruits (his sons) brought to Eustace but he does not recognize them [story continues in row 11, left]; EITHER family celebrates their reunion OR the messengers tell Eustace's friends of his exploits [story continues in Central Diamond 4].
† Central Diamond 4: Eustace, wife, and children re-united [story continues row 12, left].
• Row 11: Eustace's kidnapped wife leaves to find him [story continues in row 10, right]; Eustace's son selected for military service [story continues row 10, left]. • Row 12: Roman emperor thanks his idols for bringing victory to Eustace; Eustace will not worship the idols. • Row 13: Eustace's execution ordered (also in round panel directly above); servants carry out the emperor's execution order (see also round panel directly above).
†Central Diamond 5: Eustace and family are martyred by being burned in a bull-shaped cauldron.
