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RIGHT to left:

Window 033 - Saint Andrew

Bottom to top, left to right. (The first 5 rows are modern as of 1872, marked '*').

• Row 01*: Jesus gives keys to Saint Peter; Peter speaks to men; Peter raises the dead (see last panel of row 8).
• Row 02*: Peter arrives at a town; a saint is crucified; Jesus speaks to an apostle.
• Row 03*: An apostle and two men; Two apostles pray while idols fall; Apostle sleeps on ground (see last panel of row 7).
• Row 04*: Jesus speaks with apostle; Apostles speaks to a group; Saint praying is struck with clubs.
• Row 05*: Two apostles speak; Apostle is lead to martyrdom; Apostle prays while menaced with a drawn sword.

SAINT ANDREW

Some panels have been replaced out of order, and some salvaged from the lower five rows; the story is easier to follow if the panels are swapped as indicated (** and ***).

• Row 06: Andrew prays before his cross (**); Andrew restores sight and gives a cloak (they meet in the first panel of row 13); Andrew gives communion (***).
• Row 07: Slays serpent that vomits blood; Has proconsul's wife go to raise the child from the dead; Saint Peter and Saint John appear to Andrew and tell him of his coming martyrdom.
• Row 08: Andrew intercedes for a young man falsely accused of incest [likely from the lower 5 rows of the window]; Andrew tells others he will be martyred (***); Demetrius' servant raised from dead.
• Row 09: Proconsul Aegeas orders Andrew out of prison (two panels); Andrew appears before the proconsul.
• Row 10: Andrew meets a blind beggar (see row 6, second panel); (**) Andrew bound to his cross; Others report (criticize?) Andrew's fate to Aegeas.
• Row 11: Repeat of last panel of row 9--Andrew before proconsul; Death of Andrew; Proconsul is tormented by demons and dies.
• Row 12: Jesus between two angels with censers.
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Window 034 - The Apostles (restored, detail)

Some modern frames, marked (*)

• Row 01: Bakers, donors of the window
• Row 02: John 1: 35-40 --> Je

Album: Chartres-Cathedral

Categories: Chartres-Cathedral

Tags: #Aegeas #Ascension #Baradach #Chartres #france #Gethsemane #Hindu #India #Jesush Christ #John the Baptist #Passion #Pentecost #Saint Andrew #Saint James #Saint John #Saint Jude #Saint Nathaniel #Saint Peter #Saint Philip #Saint Simon #TCS-photo #Win033 #Win034 #Win035 #Zebedee #angels #apostles #baptism #calling the apostles #cathedral #censers #devils and demons #donors identified #fig tree #idols #magicians #martyr #martyrs #mercy #miracles #modern glass #modern-glass #new imports #restored #soothsayers #stained glass #washing of feet

Europe 1 1998 Slides 130

Europe 1 1998 Slides 130

Window 054 - Saint Germain of Auxerre [pre AD 1236] (restored)

In many places, the left right pairing shows a "cause and effect" relationship. The window is difficult to photograph with the east wall buttresses of the north trancept, and the "Our Lady of the Pillar" adoration with candles et al. in front of it.

• Row 01: Geoffrey Chardonel, canon of Chartres as donor; Saint Germain as student.
• Row 02: Chosen to be bishop and taken from his home against his will [removed in this shot]; Consecrated as bishop.
• Row 03: Tax-collector needs help finding lost money; Germain speaks to a demonically-possessed man.
• Row 04: Germain celebrates mass, and drives out the demon, letting the man confess his theft; The thief repays the money.

Album: Chartres-Cathedral

Categories: Chartres-Cathedral

Tags: #Chartres #England #france #Revenna #Saint Germain of Auxerre #Saint Loup #TCS-photo #Win054 #cathedral #date estimate #devils and demons #donors identified #exorcism #healing #miracles #possession #restoration in progress #restored #souls #stained glass #theft

ChartresGlass Box M Slides 063

ChartresGlass Box M Slides 063

Window 013 - Story of Saint Anthony of the Desert and Saint Paul the Anchorite (unrestored)

Top to bottom, left to right, including medallions.

• Row 8: Demons scourge Anthony with whips; Anthony appears dead (like a corpse, so his friend carries the immobilized saint back to the desert on his back
• Row 9: Anthony visits Paul the Anchorite as a crow feeds them; Anthony studies alone in his cell.
• Row 10: The two saints celebrate mass; Anthony has vision of Paul's soul (small child) being bourne away by angels.
• Row 11: Lions help bury the body of Paul.
• Row 12: Athanasius receives Anthony's cloak in anticipation of the latter's death; his soul is carried to heaven.

Album: Chartres-Cathedral

Categories: Chartres-Cathedral

Tags: #Athanasius #Chartres #france #Saint Anthony of the Desert #Saint Paul the Anchorite #TCS-photo #Win013 #cathedral #charity #date estimate #devils and demons #hermit #miracles #nuns #stained glass

ChartresGlass Box M Slides 133

ChartresGlass Box M Slides 133

Window 060 - Saint Nicholas (third window about him) (restored)
Order is not regular; numbered by panel (see diagram).

(Side half moons):

• 16-17: Nicholas addressing the three princes, Nepotian, Ursus and Apilion; The three princes saved by Nicholas carrying gifts from the Emperor. [Houvet saw this as distributing the corn of previous.]

(Side half moons):
• 18-19: Three men welcomed and killed by inn-keeper.

• 20: Nicholas saves a baby from boiling, a miracle.
• 21-22: Couple's only child falls overboard on trip to Nicholas' shrine; They find the child safe when they arrive at the shrine.
• 23-25: A shyster swears by St. Nicholas he will return gold to a Jewish money-lender; He gives staff to the Jew and claims he has repaid his loan; Shyster and staff crushed by a cart, getting his just deserts.
• 26: Jewish merchant strikes St. Nicholas' statue because the saint did not protect his valuables.

Album: Chartres-Cathedral

Categories: Chartres-Cathedral

Tags: #Chartres #france #Jews #Myra #Saint Nicholas #TCS-photo #Win060 #cathedral #charity #date estimate #donors identified #miracles #shrine #stained glass #unrestored

ChartresGlass Box M Slides 057

ChartresGlass Box M Slides 057

Window 013 - Story of Saint Anthony of the Desert and Saint Paul the Anchorite (restored)

Top to bottom, left to right, including medallions.

• Row 1 (bottom corners): Fishmongers donated the window.
• Row 2: St. Anthony hears the gospel preached; he donates his goods to the poor.
• Row 3: He leaves his sister in the care of nuns.
• Row 4: A hermit teaches Anthony; he digs, manual labor as part of the hermit's life.
• Row 5: Devil (green face and feet) tempts Saint Anthony; Anthony before his fire is tempted by the devil in the form of a woman (also in green dress).
• Row 6: Anthony asks friend to bring him bread in preparation for his hermitage in the desert; Devils come to attack Anthony in the hermitage.
• Row 7 (center): This is slightly out of sequence; Anthony's friend brings bread and finds him immobilized by the pain of the scourging given in the next row up.
• Row 8: Demons scourge Anthony with whips; Anthony appears dead (like a corpse, so his friend carries the immobilized saint back to the desert on his back
• Row 9: Anthony visits Paul the Anchorite as a crow feeds them; Anthony studies alone in his cell.
• Row 10: The two saints celebrate mass; Anthony has vision of Paul's soul (small child) being bourne away by angels.
• Row 11: Lions help bury the body of Paul.
• Row 12: Athanasius receives Anthony's cloak in anticipation of the latter's death; his soul is carried to heaven.

Album: Chartres-Cathedral

Categories: Chartres-Cathedral

Tags: #Athanasius #Chartres #france #Saint Anthony of the Desert #Saint Paul the Anchorite #TCS-photo #Win013 #cathedral #charity #date estimate #devils and demons #hermit #miracles #nuns #restored #stained glass #whole-windows

ChartresGlass Box M Slides 105

ChartresGlass Box M Slides 105

Window 038 - Charlemagne (unrestored)

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.

Album: Chartres-Cathedral

Categories: Chartres-Cathedral

Tags: #Charlemagne #Chartres #Constantine #Constantine's Conquest of Jerusalem #Ferracutus #Ferragus #france #King Marsile #Pamplona #Pampulauna #Roland #Saint James Major #Spanish Crusade #TCS-photo #Win038 #astronomy #cathedral #date estimate #donors identified #miracles #relics #stained glass #unrestored

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Window 037 - Saint James Major

Bottom to top, left to right (some rows have the story proceed RIGHT to left; marked '!' where this occurs:

• Row 14: James preaches Christ's divinity while in prison.
• Row 15: Josias converts and Jewish high priest orders him beaten; Josias, a scribe, leads James with a rope (!)
• Row 16: Herod condemns Josias and James to death; James performs healings while he and Josias are taken away.
• Row 17: James and Josias taken to be executed.
• Row 18: James and Josias are beheaded.
• Row 19: Christ on cloud with candelabra.

Album: Chartres-Cathedral

Categories: Chartres-Cathedral

Tags: #Chartres #Filetus #france #Hermogenes #Herod #Jesus Christ #Josias #Saint James Major #TCS-photo #Win037 #candelabra #cathedral #devils and demons #high priest #magicians #martyrdom #miracles #restored #stained glass

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Window 060 - Saint Nicholas (third window about him) (restored)
Order is not regular; numbered by panel (see diagram).

• 12: Chosen as new bishop.
• 13: Consecrated as bishop of Myra.

(Lower side half moons)

• 16-17: Nicholas addressing the three princes, Nepotian, Ursus and Apilion; The three princes saved by Nicholas carrying gifts from the Emperor. [Houvet saw this as distributing the corn of previous.]

(Upper side half moons)
• 18-19: Three men welcomed and killed by inn-keeper.

(Upper cloverleaf)
• 20: Nicholas saves a baby from boiling, a miracle.
• 21-22: Couple's only child falls overboard on trip to Nicholas' shrine; They find the child safe when they arrive at the shrine.

Album: Chartres-Cathedral

Categories: Chartres-Cathedral

Tags: #Chartres #france #Jews #Myra #Saint Nicholas #TCS-photo #Win060 #cathedral #charity #donors identified #miracles #restored #shrine #stained glass

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original (4295078089)

Window 035 - Saint Simon and Saint Jude

Bottom to top, left to right:

• Row 01: Henry Noblet, the donor, as deacon praying to Mary; the same donor now as canon praying to Christ.
• Row 02: Simon and Jude, missionary companions, confront Persian magicians.
• Row 03: Baradach offers sacrifice to idol for success in battle; another idol is consulted about the wisdom of attacking invading Hindus from India, but there is no response due to the two saints' presence.
• Row 04: Simon and Jude taken before general Warardac; they pray the idol will speak and reveal its impotence (note God's hand blessing them).

Album: Chartres-Cathedral

Categories: Chartres-Cathedral

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