Chartres

  

The Cathedral Windows

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Detail from the Charlemagne Window

  

 

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Assumption of the Virgin

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Glorification of Christ

  

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St. Eustace Window

(St. Eustace (Placidus) was a Roman General converted to Christianity.  Famous for his vision of a deer with a glowing crucifix in its antlers, Eustace was martyred in 188 by being boiled to death in a bronze bull. 

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Ste. Marie Madeleine

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Prodigal Son - Detail

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St. Jean

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Noah and the Flood

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Joseph

seen thrown into the well by his brothers, with Pharoh

 

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St. Lubin

(St. Lubin (Leobinus) was Bishop of Chartres from 544 to 556)

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