Archives
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:
IMG 5404
Chartres, south side, center, archivolt
Last judgment. Angels and the redeemed.
Album: Chartres-Cathedral
Categories: Chartres-Cathedral
Tags:
Chartres South Exterior Slides 028
ChartresGlass Box P Slides 023
† Window 095 - South rose: Christ in glory, after Revelation of St. John (unrestored, detail)
Surrounded by the four beasts and 24 elders of the apocalypse. Note the coat of arms (blue and yellow checkerboard) of the donors, Pierre Mauclerc of Dreux-Brittany
Album: Chartres-Cathedral
Categories: Chartres-Cathedral
Tags:
Chartres South Exterior Slides 014
South porth, right portal--"Bay of the Confessors"
Figures L - R
Left side
• St Laumer, monk of Perche [added at porch construction]
• St. Silvester (pope dress)
• St. Ambrose (bishop of Milan), converted St. Augustine and is the first person of whom we have record reading silently to himself, rather than aloud.
• St. Nicholas (bishop of Myra, from when Santa Claus).
Right side
• St. Gregory (pope dress)
• St. Jerome (translated Bible into Latin, the "Vulgate"). Beneath him is a woman with bandaged eyes (the 'blind' synagogue replaced by the Church)
• St. Martin (bishop of Tours). Two dogs lick his bishop's staff, since he reportedly prevented them from eating a hare by miraculous means. Martin gets further attention in the tympanum above the door.
• St. Avitus, abbot of Micy [added at porch construction].
Album: Chartres-Cathedral
Categories: Chartres-Cathedral
Tags:
Chartres, south side, night illumination
IMG 5004
† Window 095 - South rose: Christ in glory, after Revelation of St. John (restored, detail)
Surrounded by the four beasts and 24 elders of the apocalypse.
• Saint Matthew - angel with book (not seen here)
• Saint John - eagle (not seen here)
• Saint Luke - winged bull
• Saint Mark - winged lion
Album: Chartres-Cathedral
Categories: Chartres-Cathedral
Tags:
P1110411
†South side, lancets, left to right: demonstrates the OT as the foundation for the NT witness of Christ
• Window 095C - South side, far left lancet: Saint Luke on Jeremiah, beneath is arms of donor's wife and daughter.
• Window 095B - South side, near left lancet: Saint Matthew on Isaiah, beneath is arms of donor's wife and daughter.
Album: Chartres-Cathedral
Categories: Chartres-Cathedral
Tags: