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Window 122 - 2nd left, clerestory, apse: Ezekiel and Daniel

Butchers as donors, Ezekiel.

The butchers are not shy/subtle about what they are doing.

Album: Chartres-Cathedral

Categories: Chartres-Cathedral

Tags: #Chartres #Daniel #Ezekiel #france #TCS-photo #Win122 #apse #cathedral #cherubim #clerestory #donors identified #funny #lancet #restored #stained glass

Chartres, north side, left portal, left side

JAMB FIGURES

• Isaiah (prophet of Christ's coming, now headless), and then Annunciation (Gabriel treading on devil; Mary treading on serpent).

Album: Chartres-Cathedral

Categories: Chartres-Cathedral

Tags: #Annunciation #Chartres #france #Gabriel #Isaiah #Jamb figures #Mary #TCS-photo #cathedral #date estimate #exterior #Left #north side

Album: Chartres-Cathedral

Categories: Chartres-Cathedral

Tags: #Chartres #france #TCS-photo #cathedral #distance view #exterior #flowers #restored #west side

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 (*)

Album: Chartres-Cathedral

Categories: Chartres-Cathedral

Tags: #Ascension #Chartres #france #Gethsemane #John the Baptist #Passion #Pentecost #Saint Andrew #Saint James #Saint John #Saint Nathaniel #Saint Peter #Saint Philip #TCS-photo #Win034 #Zebedee #apostles #baptism #calling the apostles #cathedral #date estimate #donors identified #fig tree #modern glass #stained glass #unrestored #washing of feet

Album: Chartres-Cathedral

Categories: Chartres-Cathedral

Tags: #Chartres #france #TCS-photo #cathedral #interior #untagged

Album: Chartres-Cathedral

Categories: Chartres-Cathedral

Tags: #Chartres #france #TCS-photo #Archivolt #cathedral #Center #Detail #exterior #last judgment #new imports #restored #resurrection #sculpture #south side #stone reliefs #the damned

Window 116 - 4th right, clerestory, small rose: Montfort knight

Montfort knight. (Compare window 113).

Album: Chartres-Cathedral

Categories: Chartres-Cathedral

Tags: #Chartres #france #Montfort #TCS-photo #Win116 #cathedral #knights #restored #small-rose #stained glass

Chartres, west side, right portal, left hand side (L - R)
• Unknown OT figure
• Unknown OT figure
• Unknown OT figure

Album: Chartres-Cathedral

Categories: Chartres-Cathedral

Tags: #Chartres #france #Jamb figures #TCS-photo #Unknown figures #cathedral #restored #Right #west side

Album: Chartres-Cathedral

Categories: Chartres-Cathedral

Tags: #Chartres #france #TCS-photo #cathedral #exterior #restoration in progress #south side #unrestored

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

Album: Chartres-Cathedral

Categories: Chartres-Cathedral

Tags: #Castille #Chartres #Christ #france #Infant Christ #Mary #Regnault de Moucon #Robert de Berou #TCS-photo #Win131 #Win132 #Win133 #Win134 #Win135 #candelabra #cathedral #choir #clerestory #date estimate #donors identified #grisailles #king #lancet #modern-glass #peasants #pilgrims #rose window #small-rose #stained glass #unrestored