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Chartres Cathedral - the Medieval Stained Glass

To view details of individual windows, click one of the enabled bay numbers in the diagram below
or one the captions below right.

Chartres Cathedral - annotated plan of the medieval windows

0 - The Lives of the Apostles
1 - The Lives of St Simon and St Jude
7 - The Legends of Charlemagne
8 - Life of Saint Sylvester
11 - Life of St Pantaleon
13 - Life and relics of St Stephen
14 - Life & posthumous miracles of St Nicholas
15 - Life of St Cheron
17 - Lives of Saints Savinianus and Potentianus
18 - Life of St Thomas Becket
21 - Life of St Julien the Hospitaller
23 - St Thomas the Apostle in India
28b - Life of the Virgin
29a - St Germain d'Auxerre

41 - Joseph the Patriarch
43 - Life of St Eustace
44 - The Good Samaritan/Genesis Typological Window
47 - Noah
48 - St John the Evangelist

103 - The Seraph
105 - St Peter
109 - St Martin
115 - St Eustace / Infancy of Christ
 116 - Saints Christopher, Nicaise and Denis (with the Oriflamme)
142 - St Laumer & St Mary of Egypt

 

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Bay 08 - The Life of Saint Sylvester Bay 11 - The Life of St Pantaleon Bay 18 - The Life of St Thomas Becket Bay 28b - Life of the Virgin Bay 142 - St Laumer & St Mary of Egypt Bay 11 - The Life of St Pantaleon Bay 13 - The Life and relics of St Stephen Bay 15 - Life of St Cheron Bay 17 - The Lives of Saints Savinianus and Potentianus Bay 23 - St Thomas the Apostle in India Bay 103 (Clerestory) - The Seraph Bay 105 (Clerestory) - St Peter Bay 109 (Clerestory) - St Martin Bay 115 (Clerestory) - St Eustace / Infancy of Christ Bay 43 - The Life of St Eustace Bay 41 - Joseph Bay 07 - The Legends of Charlemagne Bay 21 - The Life of St Julien the Hospitaller Bay 0 - The Lives of the Apostles Bay 01 - The Lives of St Simon and St Jude Bay 44 - The Good Samaritan/Genesis Typological window Bay 47 - Noah Bay 116 - Saints Christopher, Nicaise and Denis (with the Oriflamme) Bay 29a - St Germain d'Auxerre Bay 48 - St John the Evangelist