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2017-07-18 - Chartres Cathedral

After the chateaux, we stopped by Chartres chathedral, known for its stained glass. I have put comments on several of the stained glass pictures to (hopefully) assist in understanding them.
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The Joseph window
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The Joseph window

Donated by the money changers. Depicts the life of Joseph, son of Jacob. It starts with his dreams, being sold to Egypt, being accused by Potipher's wife. Pharoah's dreams, his rise to power and reunification with Jacob and his brothers.

  • Apsidal chapel on north side of east end of Chartres.
  • The St. Thomas the Apostle to India and St. Julien the Hospitaller windows (and a Grisaille window, too)
  • Two Grisaille windows with a Christ window on top
  • Two more Grisaille windows with a Christ window on top
  • The St. Germain d'Auxerre and St. Nicolas windows
  • The Peace window
  • The North Rose window
  • The St. Lawrence window
  • The Prodigal Son window
  • The Symbolic Window of the Redemption
  • The Symbolic Window of the Redemption
  • The St. Nicolas window
  • The Joseph window
  • The St. Eustace window
  • The St. Lubin (Leobinus) window
  • The Noah window
  • The Jesse Tree window
  • The Infancy and Public Ministry of Jesus window
  • The Passion and Resurrection of Jesus window
  • The West Rose window in 1979
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