Life of Saint Martin Clerestory Window

This window depicting the Life of St Martin ⓘ is one of the choir clerestory ⓘ windows at Tours Cathedral. The main window consists of some eighteen panels in six registers and is dated to the completion of the just after the rebuilding of the chancel in last part of the 13th century.

 

 

Canons of Loches

Canons of Loches

This window, at Tours cathedral, is dated to the last part of the 13th century, was donated to Tours Cathedral by the Canons of the Collegiate church ⓘ at Loches in commemoration for the Treaty of Paris (1259) ⓘ between Louis IX of France and Henry III of England.

 

 

South Transept Rose Window - Evreux Cathedral

 

This rose window in the south transept of Evreux Cathedral was given to the Cathedral by Louis XI of France between 1470 and 1480. It is 6.5 metres in diameter and represents the Coronation of the Virgin in Heaven. Below the rose window the lancet windows in the Gallery contain representations of eight of the Apostles.

 

Callophrys

Callophrys rubi

 

The Callophrys are a genus of butterflies in the Lycaenidae family. There are some 60 species worldwide, though there is some debate as to whether, or not, the Old World Green Haistreaks, and the North American Elfins belong in the same genus.

 

 

Callophrys

 

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