Chartres, North side, right portal
INNER ARCH
• Third archivolt: life of Esther
Left:
† Ahasuerus speaks with Haman and Mordecai;
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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).
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Chartres, south side, night illumination
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Window 006 - Good Samaritan (restored)
Bottom to top, left to right. Circles start at 6 o'clock, proceed left to right:
• Panels 1,2,3: Cobblers, the donors of the window
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• Quadrant 4: Jesus tells a parable.
• Quadrant 5: Man leaves Jerusalem for Jericho
• Center 6, quadrant 7: Thieves leap out to attack and rob him
• Quadrant 8: Priest and levite pass by without helping.
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• Panels 9,10,11: Samaritan binds his wounds, places the man on his donkey, and takes him to a waiting inn-keeper.
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Chartres, west side, right portal, left hand side (L - R)
• Unknown OT figure
• Unknown OT figure
• Unknown OT figure
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Window 030 - Saint Sylvester [Pope, contemporary of Constantine]
Note that there are eight small round medallions. Seven of these show Constantine writing one of the seven laws he gave to the Church. The final medallion (upper right) shows him watching the soul of Sylvester ascend; there is nothing on his scroll (has this finally silenced him? - GLS).
Bottom to top, left to right:
• Row 01: Stonemasons as donors: two men carry a stone, at work on cathedral and sculpture, masons' tools.
• Row 02: Sylvester is brought by his mother to priest Cyrinus; Sylvester welcomes Saint Timothy.
• Row 03 (two outer medallions): Saint Timothy executed (story continues clockwise); [events of Row 4 occur, then] Tarquinius chokes on fish bone and dies.
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Window 067 – Clerestory, name, south-west, small-rose: Abbot, unknown
South Choir Clerestory Window Chartres
Window 106 - clerestory, west end of south choir, lancet: Saint John the Evangelist and Saint James Major.
All borders in the choir are modern.
Donor, Bouchard de Marty
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Window 038 - Charlemagne (restored)
Bottom to top, left to right:
[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.
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