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Window 046 - Saint Thomas the Apostle in India (restored)

Bottom to top; left to right:

• Row 01: "Doubting" Thomas feeling Christ's wounds after the resurrection, flanked by the fleur-de-lis. This panel was added in the 13th century, for reasons that are unknown.
• Row 02: At Caesarea, Christ assigns Thomas to evangelize India.
• Row 03: Jesus introduces Thomas to Abbanes, envoy of Gundophorus--the King of India--who is seeking an architect; Thomas and Abbanes travel by ship to India.
• Row 04: (Left half moon) Thomas and Abbanes land in Andropolis, India; (upper quadrant of clover) At a wedding feast, the chief butler hits Thomas; (Right half moon) The butler goes out to get water, and is eaten by a lion. A dog bites of the hand the struck Thomas and brings it into the feast.
• Row 06: (Bottom of clover) Gundophorus of India entrusts Thomas with funds to build a palace (sequentially is between the two panels in next row)..
• Row 05: Abbanes presents Thomas to King Gundophorus; king then departs (after making Thomas his architect--see next row).

Album: Chartres-Cathedral

Categories: Chartres-Cathedral

Tags: #13th century #Abbanes #Andropolis #Chartres #france #Gundophorus #India #Mygdeus #Saint Thomas #TCS-photo #Win046 #angels #cathedral #censers #charity #firey furnace #healing #idols #martyrs #pilgrims #restored #stained glass

Left Portal

South porch, left portal.

Jamb Figures (L to R) from left side of left portal

Saint Maurice [13th century, from period of porch addition]
• Saint Stephen [deacon's dress] (His story is also told in the lintel.)
• Saint Clement [pope's dress]

Album: Chartres-Cathedral

Categories: Chartres-Cathedral

Tags: #Chartres #france #Jamb figures #Saint Clement #Saint John #Saint Maurice #TCS-photo #cathedral #exterior #Left #martyrs #restored #sculpture #south side

Left Portal

South porch, left portal.

Jamb Figures (L to R) from left side of left portal

Saint John [deacon's dress]

Album: Chartres-Cathedral

Categories: Chartres-Cathedral

Tags: #Chartres #france #Jamb figures #Saint John #TCS-photo #cathedral #Detail #exterior #Left #martyrs #restored #sculpture #south side

Window 047 - 14th century grisailles, with Saint Lawrence

Saint Lawrence on the gridiron

Album: Chartres-Cathedral

Categories: Chartres-Cathedral

Tags: #Chartres #france #Saint Lawrence #TCS-photo #Win047 #cathedral #date estimate #gridiron #grisailles #martyrs #stained glass #unrestored

Window 035 - Saint Simon and Saint Jude (restored, detail)

Bottom to top, left to right:

• Row 10: Chariots of the pagan moon and sun (which the apostles would not worship)
• Row 11: Two angels (modern) replaced an older scene showing the saints' martyrdom.

Album: Chartres-Cathedral

Categories: Chartres-Cathedral

Tags: #Baradach #Chartres #france #Hindu #India #Saint Jude #Saint Simon #TCS-photo #Win035 #cathedral #donors identified #idols #magicians #martyrs #mercy #miracles #modern-glass #restored #soothsayers #stained glass

Window 024 - Saint Martin of Tours

Bottom to top, left to right:

• Row 11: Angel with censer; Martin's death; Angel with censer.
• Row 12: Parishioners of of Tours and Poitiers fight over the saint's remains; Angel with censer; Tours steals body from Poitiers and takes it up the Loire river.
• Row 13: Saint's body arrives at Tours; Soul of Martin ascends (perhaps can rest easy now in the 'proper' place?); Funeral procession awaiting the body.
• Row 14: Christ in glory.

Album: Chartres-Cathedral

Categories: Chartres-Cathedral

Tags: #Chartres #france #Jesus Christ #Saint Martin #TCS-photo #Win024 #cathedral #martyrs #miracles #restored #stained glass

Window 035 - Saint Simon and Saint Jude

Bottom to top, left to right:

• Row 06: Baradach arrests the apostles, likely at the instigation of Persian soothsayers (both panels).
• Row 07: Peace envoys from India arrive (both panels).

Album: Chartres-Cathedral

Categories: Chartres-Cathedral

Tags: #Baradach #Chartres #france #Hindu #India #Saint Jude #Saint Simon #TCS-photo #Win035 #cathedral #idols #magicians #martyrs #mercy #miracles #restored #soothsayers #stained glass

Window 024 - Saint Martin of Tours

Bottom to top, left to right:

• Row 02: Cobbler scraping hide as donor; Martin is baptized; Cobbler stitches shoe as donor.
• Row 03: Martin revives a catachumen who died prior to baptism; Cobbler trimming sole of shoe as donor; Saint Hillaire makes Martin an exorcist.
• Row 04: Martin is attack by two ruffians, one saves his life; The brigands waiting to attack; Martin escapes by making a pine tree fall on the brigands.

Album: Chartres-Cathedral

Categories: Chartres-Cathedral

Tags: #Chartres #Emperor Maximus #france #Jesus Christ #Paris #Saint Martin #TCS-photo #Tetradius #Win024 #cathedral #donors identified #exorcism #funeral #lepers #martyrs #miracles #restored #stained glass

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Window 038 - Charlemagne (restored)

Bottom to top, left to right:

• Row 01: Furriers as donors.

[Conquest of Jerusalem]

• Row 02: Roman Emperor Constantine sends messenger to Charlemagne; the Emperor has had a dream of Charlemagne conquering Jerusalem.
• Diamond 03: Charlemagne, victorious, is greeted by Constantine.
• Row 04: Charlemagne defeats Saracens; Charlemange refuses all reward save relics he has found.
• Circle 05: Charlemagne gives relics to the Church.

[Spanish Crusades - from Chronicle of Pseudo-Turpin]

• Row 06: Charlemagne asks learned about Milky Way; Saint James the Major appears to Charlemagne in a dream, tells him to follow the Milky Way to Spain.
• Diamond 07: Army leaves on the Spanish Crusade, Archbishop Turpin of Rheims attends with Charlemagne.
• Row 08: Charlemagne prays prior to assaulting Pampulauna (Pamplona); Charlemagne takes the city from Moors.
• Circle 09: Charlemagne builds a church to Saint James, who instigated the crusade.
• Row 10: Crusaders battle Moors; Miracle of the Flowering Lances: the night prior to battle, those fated to die had flowers appear on their lances, proof of their blessed state as future martyrs.

Album: Chartres-Cathedral

Categories: Chartres-Cathedral

Tags: #Charlemagne #Chartres #Constantine #Constantine's Conquest of Jerusalem #france #Pamplona #Pampulauna #Spanish Crusade #TCS-photo #Win038 #astronomy #cathedral #interior #martyrs #miracles #relics #restored #stained glass

Window 038 - Charlemagne

Bottom to top, left to right:

[Spanish Crusades - from Chronicle of Pseudo-Turpin]

• Circle 13: Rolland tries to break his sword Durendal, then strives to blow the oliphant (horn) to summon Charlemagne (Rolland is represented twice in the scene).

Album: Chartres-Cathedral

Categories: Chartres-Cathedral

Tags: #Charlemagne #Chartres #Durendal #france #King Marsile #Roland #Saint Giles #Spanish Crusade #TCS-photo #Win038 #cathedral #censers #confession #Detail #horn #martyrs #oliphant #restored #sin #stained glass