Medieval

Tours Cathedral

walwyn Mon, 09/17/2012 - 20:24

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.

Transfiguration (cell 6)

walwyn Thu, 06/20/2024 - 00:08

In this fresco by Fra Angelico the central figure of Christ within a mandorla of light, has outstretched arms which alude to the cross.

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Tree of Jesse - Lady Chapel Evreux

walwyn Fri, 07/27/2012 - 20:50

This stained glass window in the Lady Chapel of Evreux Cathedral was a given to the cathedral by King Louis XI of France between 1467 and 1469.

Tree of Jesse - Tours Cathedral

walwyn Thu, 09/20/2012 - 22:17

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.