Window 001 - Jesse Tree, detail
Mary
Prophets who testified of Christ's coming border the window.
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LDS Scripture Commentary / Photos: Chartres Cathedral
Window 001 - Jesse Tree, detail
Mary
Prophets who testified of Christ's coming border the window.
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Window 059 - Symbolic Window, Typology of the Passion of Christ (restored)
NB: Read TOP to BOTTOM, unlike most windows. Some are modern (marked *).
• Row 12: (Bottom row): Blacksmiths as donors.
• Row 11: Samson carries gates of Gaza; Christ's body being annointed; David slays lion to protect sheep [some argue for Samson slaying lion, but sheep make me think likely David. On the other hand, the other side panels are often of the same characters, so I suppose a repeat of Sampson would fit that pattern. - GLS]
• Row 10: Elijah raises son of widow of Sareptha; Jacob blesses Ephraim and Manasseh; Elijah meets widow of Sareptha.
• Row 09: King David with pelican feeding young on her own blood.
• Row 08: Abraham takes Isaac to Mount Moriah for sacrifice; Descent from the Cross; Abraham is stopped from sacrificing Isaac.
• Row 07: Jonah near Ninevah (*).
• Row 06: Moses shows brass serpent; Adam collects blood at the foot of the cross (*); Israelites mark their doorposts with blood of the lamb (tau).
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Chartres, north side, right portal, archivolt
OUTER ARCH
• First archivolt: May falcoln on fist, June mower goes to fields with scythe and whetstone
• Second archivolt: Taurus, Gemini
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Window 061 - Joseph, Son of Jacob (restored)
Bottom to top, left to right
• Row 01 (half moons): Bankers, as donors
• Row 02: Joseph's dream, with sun, moon, and stars bowing down to him.
• Row 03: Jacob sends Joseph to his brothers; Brothers plot against Joseph
• Row 04: Brothers put into pit.
• Row 05 (half moons): Sold to Ishmaelite traders as slave; they bring the coat of many colors to Jacob.
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Window 062 - Saint Eustace (restored, detail)
Bottom to top, left to right:
†Central Diamond 1: Placidas hunts a stag.
• Row 1: Part of the hunt.
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Window 120 - Center, clerestory, apse: Mary
Bakers as donors, Annunciation
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Chartres, north side, center portal
JAMB FIGURES
Right:
• Peter - dressed as pope, the continuity with Melchizedek, his opposite on the left. He stands on the rock.
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