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Know Your Cathedrals!

Know Your Cathedrals!. Notre Dame. Reims. Chartres. Amiens. Salisbury. Saint Chapelle. Notre Dame. Reims. Chartres. Amiens. Salisbury. Saint Chapelle. Amiens. Chartres. Amiens. St. Denis. Reims. Royal Portal – Chartres Cathedral. Old Testament queen and two kings,

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Know Your Cathedrals!

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  1. Know Your Cathedrals! Notre Dame Reims Chartres Amiens Salisbury Saint Chapelle

  2. Notre Dame Reims

  3. Chartres Amiens

  4. Salisbury Saint Chapelle

  5. Amiens

  6. Chartres

  7. Amiens

  8. St. Denis

  9. Reims

  10. Royal Portal – Chartres Cathedral

  11. Old Testament queen and two kings, from the Royal Portal at Chartres Cathedral Chartres, France ca 1145-1155

  12. Notre Dame

  13. Rose window and lancets, north transept Chartres, France ca 1220 The immense rose window and lancets of Chartres Cathedral’s north transept were the gift of the Queen of France, Blanche of Castile, around 1220. Mary appears in the roundel at the center of the rose, which resembles a gem-studded book cover or cloisonné brooch. Below, in the lancets, are Saint Anne and four Old Testament prophets, supporting the New Testament figures above, as on the Royal Portal.

  14. Virgin and Child (Virgin of Paris), Notre Dame Paris, France, early 14th century Praxiteles, Hermes and DionysusLate Classical Greek

  15. Tree of JesseWest Façade, Chartresc1150-1170 Jesse was the father of King David, thus an ancestor to Mary & Jesus. A family tree literally connects Jesus with the house of David. Fourteen prophets flank the tree in half-moons.

  16. Interior of the Upper Chapel Sainte-Chapelle, Paris, France ca 1243-1248 Rayonnant (Radiant) Style Stained glass makes up about 75% of the cathedral walls

  17. St. Chappelle

  18. Norwich Cathedral,England Exeter Cathedral,England

  19. Sailsbury Cathedral, England

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