Tympanum of the Last Judgement - Bourges Cathedral
Gothic tympanum ⓘ of the Last Judgement dating from about 1230 at Bourges Cathedral, France.
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Unidentified Saint Composite Window - Abbey Church of Saint-Ouen, Rouen
This window (c1550) is a composite assemblage combining fragments of sixteenth-century narrative glass with nineteenth-century architectural framing and extensive twentieth-century restoration. The programme appears to have depicted episodes from the life of an unidentified saint. According to Jean Lafond, one of the surviving scenes may represent the translation of relics, suggesting a cycle related either to Saint Ouen or Saint Leufroy. The identification, however, remains uncertain due to the fragmentary nature of the surviving iconography.
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.210 James the Less, Barnabas, and Thaddeus - Bourges Cathedral
Window w.210 forms part of the southern clerestory ⓘ apostolic cycle of Bourges Cathedral. Created in the first decades of the 13th century, this scheme is contemporary with the cathedral’s great choir and represents one of the finest ensembles of High Gothic stained glass in France.
w.212 St Mark, St Luke, and St Matthias - Bourges Cathedral
Window w.212, located high in the south choir clerestory ⓘ of Bourges Cathedral, dates from c.1210–1215 and belongs to the earliest glazing phase of the High Gothic choir. The window presents two Evangelists, Mark and Luke, and one Apostle, Matthias.
This trio forms part of a wider apostolic–evangelist cycle distributed around the clerestory, each figure shown as a monumental standing saint set within a richly patterned Gothic frame.
Weeping Angel - Amiens Cathedral
Baroque sculpture of a Weeping Angel by Nicolas Blasset ⓘ.
Western Facade - Amiens Cathedral
The western facade of the cathedral of Notre-Dame in Amiens contains 3 doorways. A central portal that opens into the nave, and two portals beneath the north and south towers that open into the cathedral's aisles. Above each portal is a tympanum ⓘ the central one depicting the last Judgement, the northern one the transfer of the relics of St Firmin, and the south portal depicts the Virgin Mary ⓘ.
Western facade - Notre-Dame Cathedral, Paris
The western façade of the cathedral of Notre-Dame in Paris, with its twin towers, was built between 1200 and 1240. With its three portals containing scenes from the life of the Virgin Mary ⓘ, the Last Judgment, and scenes from the life of St. Anne, it is considered one of the finest examples of early Gothic architecture.
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