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Know Your Cathedrals!
Notre DameReims
ChartresAmiens
Salisbury
Saint Chapelle
Notre Dame Reims
Chartres Amiens
Salisbury
Saint Chapelle
Amiens
Chartres
Amiens
St. Denis
Reims
Royal Portal – Chartres Cathedral
Old Testament queen and two kings,
from the Royal Portal at Chartres Cathedral
Chartres, France ca 1145-1155
Notre Dame
The immense rose window and lancets of Chartres Cathedral’s north transept were the gift of the Queen of France, Blanche of Castile, around 1220.
Mary appears in the roundel at the center of the rose, which resembles a gem-studded book cover or cloisonné brooch. Below, in the lancets, are Saint Anne and four Old Testament prophets, supporting the New Testament figures above, as on the Royal Portal.
Rose window and lancets, north transeptChartres, France ca 1220
Virgin and Child (Virgin of Paris), Notre Dame
Paris, France, early 14th century
Praxiteles, Hermes and Dionysus
Late Classical Greek
Tree of JesseWest Façade, Chartres
c1150-1170
Jesse was the father of King David, thus an ancestor to Mary
& Jesus.
A family tree literally connects Jesus with the house of David.
Fourteen prophets flank the tree in half-moons.
Interior of the Upper ChapelSainte-Chapelle, Paris, France ca 1243-1248
Rayonnant (Radiant) Style
Stained glass makes up about 75% of the cathedral walls
St. Chappelle
Norwich Cathedral,England
Exeter Cathedral,England
Sailsbury Cathedral, England