Rollo Duke of Normandy - Rouen Cathedral
Rollo (870 - 932) first Duke of Normandy. C20 copy of C13 effigy destroyed during the second world war.
13th century
Saint Lubin
Saint Lubin, or Leobinus, was a 6th century bishop of Chartres. This window from the early 13th century depicts events in his life, and was donated to the cathedral by the Winesellers and innkeepers of the town of Chartres.
Story of Noah Spandrels - Bourges Cathedral
Decorated in about 1240 the spandrels below the portal of St Stephen ⓘ at Bourges Cathedral contain sculpures depicting the story of Noah.
Tours Cathedral
The stained glass windows in this section are all from the chancel and choir clerestory of Saint Gatien's Cathedral in Tours. They all date from the between 1250 and 1300 and are contemporary with the rebuilding of the chancel between 1236-1279. The windows in the apse are the earlier and date between 1250-1260, whilst those in the clerestory were installed in the last part of the 13th century.
Tree of Jesse - Tours Cathedral
This late 13th century window, above the choir at Tours cathedral. The 18 panels in the main part of the window depict the Tree of Jesse running up the center of the window, and the childhood of Christ on either side. The panels in the tracery contain representations of Abraham and Isaac, and an Angel with a Lamb stopping the sacrifice of Isaac.
Tympanum of the Last Judgement - Bourges Cathedral
Gothic tympanum of the Last Judgement dating from about 1230 at Bourges Cathedral, France.
w.202 St Peter & St Paul - Bourges Cathedral
Window 202 contains a paired representation of the two foundational apostles, Peter and Paul. The window forms part of the southern run of apostolic lancets in the choir clerestory, executed by the same workshop responsible for the coherent sequence between w.202 and w.212.
w.204 St Andrew and St John - Bourges Cathedral
Window 204 consists of two tall lancets forming part of the celebrated early thirteenth-century clerestory glazing of Bourges Cathedral. The saints represented, Andrew on the left and John the Evangelist on the right, are shown as full-height standing figures beneath architectural canopies, framed by the characteristic geometric borders of the Bourges workshop.
w.206 St James the Greater, St Philip, and St Thomas - Bourges Cathedral
Window w.206 forms part of the major early 13th-century glazing programme of the choir clerestory at Bourges Cathedral. Like the other apostolic lancets in this zone, it presents three full-length apostles standing beneath architectural canopies, each framed by the characteristic red–blue geometric borders of the Bourges workshop. The style, palette, and facial types align closely with the glazing campaigns dated to c.1210–1215.
w.208 The Apostles Bartholomew, Matthew, and Simon - Bourges Cathedral
Window 208 forms part of the distinguished apostolic cycle that runs around the clerestory of Bourges Cathedral. It presents three standing apostles in individual lancets: St Bartholomew ⓘ on the left, St Matthew ⓘ in the centre, and St Simon on the right. Each is set before a deep blue background and surrounded by the richly coloured geometric border characteristic of the Bourges glazing workshop in the early thirteenth century.
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