Themed images for Monarch.

sam, 04/03/2010 - 15:35 - Portal of Saint Anne. Notre Dame, Paris 03/04/2010.
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This tympanum, at Notre-Dame Paris, is dated to about 1150 and was once part of the earlier cathedral of St Stephen.

The central image is that of the Madonna and Child with censing angels on either side, the other two figures are the Bishop of Paris Maurice de Sully, and King Louis VII of France.

sam, 08/23/2014 - 08:43 - East Window - Poitier Cathedral, France
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Donor image at bottom of the East Window (1168) of Poitier Cathedral depicts Henry II of England and Elenor of Aquitaine.

 

dim, 07/11/2010 - 13:55 - Richard I tomb. Rouen Cathedral France 10/07/2010.
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Tomb of Richard I of England at Rouen Cathedral.
 

sam, 08/23/2014 - 16:30 - Tomb of Eleanor of Aquitaine - Fontevraud Abbey France, 23/08/2014
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Tomb of Queen Eleanor of Aquitaine (d1204) at Fontevraud Abbey. Her tomb lies beside that of her husband Henry II of England and her son Richard I of England, a fourth tomb is that of Isabella of Angoulême who was the wife of Eleanor's youngest son John of England.

 

dim, 05/03/2009 - 13:04 - Purbeck marble effigy of King John. Worcester Cathedral, Worcestershire 03/05/2009.
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Effigy of John of England at Worcester Cathedral.

jeu, 04/28/2011 - 12:00 - Detail Life of Mary Window. Chartres Cathedral France 28/04/2011
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Two of the Three Kings. Part of the 13th century Life of Mary window at Chartres Cathedral.

mer, 04/27/2011 - 14:13 - Stained glass (1245-1255). Reims Cathedral, France 27/04/2011
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This stained glass window (1245-1255) is in the north aisle of Reims Cathedral, it depicts one of the Kings of the Old Testament. The south aisle of the cathedral contains images of French Kings.
 

sam, 08/16/2014 - 13:02 - 1325-39 stained glass depicting David - St Ouen, Rouen France 16/08/2014
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Medieval stained glass (1325-1339) depicting King David in the clerestory windows of Saint Ouen, Rouen, France.

 

ven, 07/11/2014 - 15:11 - Edward II. Gloucester Cathedral 11/07/2014
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This tomb of King Edward II of Englad (d1327) was commissioned by Edward III in 1336 and built in the early part of the 1340s. Some historians have posited that the building of the tomb was delayed as Edward III was not convinced that his father had died in 1327.

 

sam, 08/20/2011 - 14:00 - Three quick and three dead. Lutterworth, Leicestershire 20/08/2011
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This detail of a king with a hawk is part of a 14th century painting, at Lutterworth in Leicestershire, on the subject of "The three live, and three dead". The painting has two other preserved royal figures, but the images of the corpses have been almost lost.
 

ven, 07/11/2014 - 15:02 - East Window Edward II - Gloucester cathedral, Gloucestershire 11/07/2014
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This stained glass panel from the east window at Gloucester cathedral represents King Edward II. The Abbey church of St Peter was reconstructed by Edward III to be a fitting location for the tomb of his father.

ven, 07/11/2014 - 15:00 - East Window - Gloucester cathedral, Gloucestershire 11/07/2014
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Part of the great East Window of Gloucester Cathedral this panel (c1350) depicts King Cnut.

ven, 04/29/2011 - 13:54 - Stained glass. Evreux Cathedral France 29/04/2011
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This stained glass window in the choir clerestory at Evreux Cathedral was installed in the last decade of the 14th century. A gift of King Charles VI of France, who is seen kneeling in the centre panel, the window also contains images of the Virgin Mary, and that of St Denis.

 

sam, 05/21/2011 - 15:38 - William the Conqueror giving a charter to  Aldwin. Malvern Priory. Malvern Priory, Worcestershire 18/05/2011.
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William the Conqueror giving a charter to  Aldwin. Part of the 15th century founder's window at Great Malvern Priory.

sam, 05/21/2011 - 15:36 - Edward the Confessor. Malvern Priory, Worcestershire 18/05/2011.
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Edward the Confessor grants a chanter to a monk. Part of the 15th century founder's window at Great Malvern Priory.

jeu, 04/28/2011 - 14:33 - St Helen and Constantine. Orleans Cathedral France 28/04/20/11
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This stained glass panel (c1862) from Orleans Cathedral is by Lucien Lobin. It shows St Helen presenting the relics of tyhe True Cross to her son the Emperor Constantine.

mar, 09/29/2009 - 13:42 - The Nativity - Hardman & Co (1892). Tewkesbury Abbey 29/09/2009.

Lower panels: Angel appears to shepherds, Magi see The Star. Magi before Herod.
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These panels by Hardman and Co., are part of the Nativity window (1892) in Tewkesbury abbey. The scenes depict the annunciation to the shepherds, the wise men seeing a star, and the wise men before King Herod.

sam, 03/21/2009 - 16:17 - All Saints parish church. Middleton Cheney, Northamptonshire 21/03/2009.

The two north chancel windows were designed by Burne-Jones as a memorial to his friend W.C. Buckley who was the vicar.
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Panel from the W.C. Buckley memorial window by Edward Burne-Jones depicting the Epihany.

mer, 04/27/2011 - 14:46 - Marc Chagall Stained Glass. Reims Cathedral, France 27/04/2011
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This depiction of the Coronation of Louis IX of France is part of the Marc Chagall windows that were installed in Reims Cathedral in 1974.

 

mer, 04/27/2011 - 14:45 - Marc Chagall Stained Glass. Reims Cathedral, France 27/04/2011
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Stained glass panel  in Reims Cathedral depicting the Coronation of Charles VII of France with Joan of Arc on the left, by Marc Chagall (1974).