I never can remember whether it's God or the Devil that's in the details. God, according to Einstein, I think. Anyhow, below are a fraction of some of the details in Chartres' window, mostly the lower-down, more easily photographed ones. Much is familiar Biblical stuff, much is lives of various saints, some is depiction of life in the 12th and 13th century--those are the ones we like best--and then the unusual/lurid/humorous items we also like. It's a fascinating experience, looking at all the windows for hours on end, and also a painful one, in the neck. But it's a small price to pay.
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| Saul/Paul on the road to Damascus |
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| Rub-a-dub-dub, three men in a tub |
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| International garment workers, again |
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| Not a Biblical story |
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| Ouch! |
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| Carpenters' and wheel-wrights' window |
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| Throwing dice on a checkerboard |
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| Blacksmiths and furriers |
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| Apothecary |
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| Batting practice |
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| Presenting Joseph's coat of many colors |
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| Joseph riding a camel in Egypt |
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| St. Eustace and the deer that has sprouted a cross between its antlers |
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| Something about the perils of drinking? |
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| Noah's ark |
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| Aries, from the Zodiac window |
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| Annunciation |
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| Baptism of anatomically-correct Jesus |
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| Garden of Eden fun |
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| Builders |
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| A replacement window, I think, given by the architects of the United States |
1 comment:
My favorites are the windows donated by the tradesmen. It gives such a great look at a lost age.
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