Chartres, 2

Continuing impertinence and sacreligiosity from our latest visit to the great cathedral...

Tanners, dyers guild

Charlemagne, from the Charlemagne window

"And do not, repeat, DO NOT, eat the fruit of this tree; tell Eve..."

Wheel- and barrel-makers guild

Window-makers guild

South transept windows; one could almost get religion
looking at these, particularly the roses; almost

Missed a spot

Ferriers guild

Bureau of Weights and Measures

Maze zombies still at it

Also still at it...octogenarian Malcolm Miller, leading another tour, reading the
Jesse window for the 379,414th time; we first did his tour in 1979, then again
in 1989 with the girls...I guess he's in part responsible for our interest in
cathedrals

Still looking good; nowadays he uses lasers and wireless 

Outside, looking at the west facade

Funny faces! At Chartres!

I guess I'd always been preoccupied with the interior, the serious outside
sculptural program

Not hilarious funny like other places, but still funny

I guess the Maze must seem a bargain when you consider this

In the nearby stained-glass store...one of the funniest books I
have ever seen; through the miracle of PhotoShop or some such,
it pictures Chartres in a variety of settings, beginning with what
it would look like if the towers actually matched

Old Chartres never fails to provide some new sights...here,
a Renaissance staircase in half-timber

Famous, too

And nicely carved