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.

 

 

Stephen Langton

Stephen Langton was Archbishop of Canterbury from 1207 to 1228 and a central figure in the constitutional crisis of King John of England’s reign. Despite John’s objections, Pope Innocent III consecrated Langton as archbishop in 1207 after the king attempted to impose his own candidate, John de Grey, Bishop of Norwich. John’s hostility stemmed in part from Langton’s close association with the court of Philip II of France .

Tours Cathedral

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.

 

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.

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