STC_9878

STC_9878

Window 008 - Vendome Chapel (15th century)

15th century flamboyant gothic.

• Upper rows: Coronation of the Virgin, flanked by John the Baptist on the left, Saint John the Divine on the right.
• Upper: Crucifixion and Last Judgment.

Album: Chartres-Cathedral

Categories: Chartres-Cathedral

Tags: #15th century #Chartres #Coronation of the Virgin #Crucifixion #france #Jesus Christ #John the Baptist #Louis de Bourbon #Saint John the Divine #TCS-photo #Vendome #Win008 #cathedral #donors identified #last judgment #new imports #restored #stained glass

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Window 176 - West Rose - Last Judgment
• Center: Christ enthroned in glory, displaying his wounds. Four beasts and angels surround him (detail)

• First circle: Twelve apostles, with Abraham's bosom at 12 o'clock, and the judgment (weighing of souls) at 6 o'clock. Note the angel to the left and devil to the right.

Album: Chartres-Cathedral

Categories: Chartres-Cathedral

Tags: #Abraham #Abraham's bosom #Chartres #france #Jesus Christ #TCS-photo #Win176 #angels #cathedral #Detail #devils and demons #hell #instruments of the passion #last judgment #restoration in progress #restored #resurrection #rose window #stained glass #west side

Chartres, south side, center, archivoltLast judgment, demons with the damned.

Chartres, south side, center, archivoltLast judgment, demons with the damned.

Chartres, south side, center, archivolt

Last judgment, demons with the damned.

Album: Chartres-Cathedral

Categories: Chartres-Cathedral

Tags: #Chartres #france #TCS-photo #Archivolt #cathedral #Center #damned #Detail #devils and demons #hell #last judgment #miser #south side #unrestored

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Window 176 - West Rose - Last Judgment
• Center: Christ enthroned in glory, displaying his wounds. Four beasts and angels surround him.

• First circle: Twelve apostles, with Abraham's bosom at 12 o'clock, and the judgment (weighing of souls) at 6 o'clock. Note the angel to the left and devil to the right.
• Outer circle: Starting from the 12:30 position, and proceeding clockwise (each circle on the right is paired with one on the left). (1, 12) Instruments of the passion; (2, 11) angels blow trumps; (3, 10) the resurrected dead awaiting judgment; (4,5,8,9) resurrection of the dead (naked, having just come from their graves); (6,7) hell (at the bottom of the circle, naturally enough).

Album: Chartres-Cathedral

Categories: Chartres-Cathedral

Tags: #Abraham #Abraham's bosom #Chartres #france #Jesus Christ #TCS-photo #Win176 #angels #cathedral #devils and demons #hell #instruments of the passion #last judgment #restoration in progress #restored #resurrection #rose window #stained glass #west side #whole-windows

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Window 176 - West Rose - Last Judgment (restored, detail)

• Center: Christ enthroned in glory, displaying his wounds. Four beasts and angels surround him.
• First circle: Twelve apostles, with Abraham's bosom at 12 o'clock, and the judgment (weighing of souls) at 6 o'clock. Note the angel to the left and devil to the right.
• Outer circle: Starting from the 12:30 position, and proceeding clockwise (each circle on the right is paired with one on the left). (1, 12) Instruments of the passion; (2, 11) angels blow trumps; (3, 10) the resurrected dead awaiting judgment; (4,5,8,9) resurrection of the dead (naked, having just come from their graves); (6,7) hell (at the bottom of the circle, naturally enough).

Album: Chartres-Cathedral

Categories: Chartres-Cathedral

Tags: #Abraham #Abraham's bosom #Chartres #france #TCS-photo #Win176 #angels #cathedral #Detail #devils and demons #hell #instruments of the passion #last judgment #restoration in progress #restored #resurrection #rose window #stained glass #west side