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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 Zodiac Signs and Life of Mary windows with the Crucifiction window on top
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The Zodiac Signs and Life of Mary windows with the Crucifiction window on top

Both windows were donated by the vintners and contain a panel with Count Thibault VI. The Zodiac window odd numbered panels depict activities of the month, with the corresponding even numbered panels depicting the Zodiac sign. (Note that the month of November has the inscription December.) The Mary window panels 3 - 9 depict the story of Mary's parents and Mary's birth. Panels 10 & 11 depict her education. Panels 12 & 13 depict how she was married to Joseph. Panels 14 - 24 depict the Mary's life from the announcement of her virgin birth through the flight to Egypt. Panel 25 shows Jesus blessing a a group of people similar to those in panel 2.

  • The Miracles of Mary window
  • The South Rose window in 1979
  • The South Rose window
  • Windows over the east end of the ambulary.
  • The St. Apollinaris and Grisaille window
  • Grisaille window
  • The St. Fulbert window
  • The Blue Virgin and St. Anthony & St. Paul Anchorite windows with the Virgin and Child window on top.
  • The Zodiac Signs and Life of Mary windows with the Crucifiction window on top
  • The Zodiac Signs and Life of Mary windows with the Crucifiction window on top
  • Grisaille windows (with the Annunciation)
  • Grisaille window
  • Grisaille window
  • The St. Martin of Tours window
  • Apsidal chapel on south side of east end of Chartres.
  • The St. Remigius window
  • The St. Sylvester window
  • Apsidal chapel at far end of Chartres with 3 windows showing.
  • The St. James the Greater window
  • The Legends of Charlemagne window
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