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  • Our Lady of Chartres Cathedral, Chartres, France. Exquisite stained glass windows of the south Transept.The rose is dedicated to Christ, who is shown in the central oculus, surrounded by adoring angels. Two outer rings of twelve circles each contain the 24 Elders of the Apocalypse. The central lancet beneath the rose shows the Virgin carrying the infant Christ. Either side of this are four lancets showing the four evangelists sitting on the shoulders of four Prophets. The Counts of Dreux-Bretagne are depicted with their arms in the bases of the lancets.
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  • Our Lady of Chartres Cathedral, Chartres, France. North Transept rose window. Dedicated to the Virgin, the central oculus shows the Virgin and Child and is surrounded by 12 small petal-shaped windows, 4 with doves, the rest with angels carrying candlesticks. Beyond this is a ring of 12 diamond-shaped openings containing the Old Testament Kings of Judah, another ring of smaller lozenges containing the arms of France and Castille, and finally a ring of semi-circles containing Old Testament Prophets holding scrolls.
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  • Our Lady of Chartres Cathedral, Chartres, France.  Dedicated to the Virgin, the central oculus shows the Virgin and Child and is surrounded by 12 small petal-shaped windows, 4 with doves, the rest with angels carrying candlesticks. Beyond this is a ring of 12 diamond-shaped openings containing the Old Testament Kings of Judah, another ring of smaller lozenges containing the arms of France and Castille, and finally a ring of semi-circles containing Old Testament Prophets holding scrolls. Beneath the rose itself are five tall lancet windows showing, in the centre, the Virgin as an infant held by her mother, St Anne. There are four more lancets containing Old Testament figures.
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  • Our Lady of Chartres Cathedral, Chartres, France. View across the Chancel to the exquisite stained glass windows of the south Transept.The rose is dedicated to Christ, who is shown in the central oculus, surrounded by adoring angels. Two outer rings of twelve circles each contain the 24 Elders of the Apocalypse. The central lancet beneath the rose shows the Virgin carrying the infant Christ. Either side of this are four lancets showing the four evangelists sitting on the shoulders of four Prophets. The Counts of Dreux-Bretagne are depicted with their arms in the bases of the lancets.
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  • Our Lady of Chartres Cathedral, Chartres, France. South Transept Windows. The central lancet beneath the rose shows the Virgin carrying the infant Christ. Either side of this are four lancets showing the four evangelists sitting on the shoulders of four Prophets. This window was a donation of the Mauclerc family, the Counts of Dreux-Bretagne, who are depicted with their arms in the bases of the lancets.
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  • Our Lady of Chartres Cathedral, Chartres, France.  Clerestory and apse rose and lancet stained glass windows featuring Old Testament prophets, and Kings and Queens.
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  • Quote:  For in the dew of little things the heart finds its morning and is refreshed.  By Kahlil Gibran.  Meme.
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