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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 North Rose window
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The North Rose window

Donated by Queen Blanche of Castile. (The panels immediately under the rose window are the arms of the Royal Houses of France and Castile.) The rose window depicts Mary and Christ at the center, surrounded by 4 doves and 8 angels. The outer ring depicts the 12 minor prophets agreeing that Christ would come from the line of David. The 12 squares are we of the kings of Judah (ancestors of Christ). The middle of the lower windows depicts St. Anne and her child Mary. The other 4 windows depict christ figures on top of anti-christ figures. From left to right - Melchizedek over King Nebuchadnezzar, King David over King Saul, King Solomon over King Jeroboam and Aaron over Pharoah.

  • 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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