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The parable of the Good Samaritan (Luke 10:30-37) [5] complemented by a series of Old and New Testament typologies served as a popular subject for cathedral glazing programs in the thirteenth century. [6] Three French cathedral windows fabricated between 1200 and 1215 function in this way: Sens (c.1200), Chartres (1205/1215), [7] and Bourges (c ...
Chartres' windows are celebrated for their cobalt blue, known as "Chartres blue" or "Romanesque blue", which first emerged in the workshops at Saint-Denis Basilica in the 1140s and was also used at Le Mans Cathedral. With a sodium base coloured with cobalt, it is the more resistant than reds and greens of the same era.
The upper section of the Jesse Tree window at Chartres Cathedral showing Jesus at the apex and Mary below him The fragment of a Jesse Tree window from York Minster, which is probably the oldest panel of stained glass in England (c. 1170) Two panels, all that remain, of a Jesse Tree window of the late 12th or early 13th century, Canterbury ...
Chartres was the primary basis for the fictional cathedral in David Macaulay's Cathedral: The Story of Its Construction and the animated special based on this book. Chartres was an important setting in the religious thriller Gospel Truths by J. G. Sandom .
Henry II of England made Thomas Becket chancellor of England in 1155, in which role he lived the life of a great lord. [2] He then made him Archbishop of Canterbury in 1162, hoping he would submit the church to state power, but Thomas took the opposite course and was exiled to France, where he spent several long stays in Chartres, accompanied by his friend and secretary John of Salisbury, who ...
The seat of Raleigh’s Catholic diocese can be seen for miles thanks to its copper dome, but the space inside is quiet, bright and welcoming.
A few important examples of 12th-century windows are found at Chartres Cathedral on the inside of the western facade, in three lancet windows under the rose window. These windows survived a devastating fire in the Cathedral in 1194, and are considered some of the best examples of 12th-century work in France. [5]
The Stained glass windows of Chartres Cathedral include a stained glass window depicting the history of Saint Chéron in Bay 15. There are eleven rows, each with two panels and border panels with rosettes, florets and interlacing. The lowest row represents the stonemasons, sculptors and donors. The other rows show scenes of the saint's life. [3]