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Europe 2 1998 Slides 19
RIGHT to left:
Window 131 - Modern grisailles, glass removed in 1788.
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Window 132 - clerestory, west end of north choir, small-rose: King of Castille.
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Window 133 - clerestory, west end of north choir, lancet: Peasant or pilgrims
Peasants or pilgrims.
Donor Robert de Bérou, chancellor of cathedral.
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Window 134 - clerestory, west end of north choir, lancet: Mary with Infant Christ
Mary with Infant Christ.
Donor coat of arms puts in family of Regnault de Mouçon, bishop of Chartres (d. 1217).
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Window 135 - clerestory, west end of north choir, small-rose: Jesus between two candelabra
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Chartres, south side, center
JAMB Figures [detail]
Apostles (L -> R)
Left side
• Unknown apostle
Stand on kings who ordered their martyrdom.
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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 --> Jesus walking (*); John the Baptist says "behold the Lamb of God"; Andrew and another of John's disciples follow Jesus
• Row 03: John 1: 35-40 --> Jesus shows where dwells [leftmost panel is modern (*)]; Two apostles speak (*)
• Row 04: Two men speak (not apostles since no halos?); Jesus calls Philip to follow him; Two apostles observe (*)
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Europe 2 1998 Slides 18
RIGHT to left:
Window 131 - Modern grisailles, glass removed in 1788.
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Window 132 - clerestory, west end of north choir, small-rose: King of Castille.
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Window 133 - clerestory, west end of north choir, lancet: Peasant or pilgrims
Peasants or pilgrims.
Donor Robert de Bérou, chancellor of cathedral.
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Window 134 - clerestory, west end of north choir, lancet: Mary with Infant Christ
Mary with Infant Christ.
Donor coat of arms puts in family of Regnault de Mouçon, bishop of Chartres (d. 1217).
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Window 135 - clerestory, west end of north choir, small-rose: Jesus between two candelabra
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Chartres, south side, left
Jamb Figures (L to R) from right side of left portal
• Saint George [13th century, from period of porch addition] Beneath him he is martyred by being broken on the wheel.
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Chartres, south side, right--"Bay of the Confessors"
TYMPANUM and LINTEL
Right side:
• St. Nicholas (center right) drops money down into the home of a poor family whose father is too ill to provide proper dowries for his three daughters. They had been destined to prostitution.
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Window 062 - Saint Eustace (unrestored)
Bottom to top, left to right:
†Central Diamond 1: Placidas hunts a stag.
• Row 1: Part of the hunt.
• Row 2: Part of the hunt.
• Row 3 (two circles): Sees crucifix between stag's antlers; Placidus chooses to be baptized a Christian, and receives the name Eustace.
• Row 4: Drapers, as donors.
• Row 5: Furriers, as donors.
† Central Diamond 2: Eustace leaves city with wife and children.
• Row 6 (two circles): Negociates for passage on ship and sails to Egypt (2 panels).
† Central Diamond 3: Eustace and children driven from the boat, while boat captain retains his wife [story continues in row 9].
• Row 7: Eustace's two sons meet and recognize each other; Eustace converses with the emperor's messengers and they realize he is Placidas whom they have been sent to find [story continues row 10].
• Row 8: Emperor Trajan sends for Placidas (now Eustace); The messengers lodge with Eustace without recognizing him [story continues in row 11, right].
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