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Historical Archive: Chartres Cathedral
north transept

constructed 1230s
north rose and lancet windows around 1234-1235
windows donated by Queen Blanche of Castile (reg. 1226-34, 1248-52)
rose window diameter 10.5 meters (34' 5.4")
lower north lancets 7.41-7.46 meters high (24' 4"-24 '6")
lancets restored Bonnot 1886, rose Ch. Lorin 1911-13, both F. Lorin 1945-46


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from transept west aisle: masonry
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from transept west aisle: windows
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capital
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triforium
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vaults, north rose and lancets, eastern clerestory and triforium
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north end
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rose window and lancets
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rose window and upper lancets
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top of rose: prophet Hosea, fleur-de-lis, kings Roboam, David
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rose top right: phophets Amos, Jonas; fleur-de-lis; kings Solomon, Abia/Abijah
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rose center: doves, angels, Virgin and Child, angels, cherubim
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rose upper center: doves
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rose center left: angels with censer, candlestick
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rose center: Virgin and Child
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rose center right: angels with censer, candlestick
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rose lower center: cherubim; kings Hezekiah, Manases, Achaz; fleur-de-lis
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rose lower right: fleur-de-lis; prophets Sephonias, Zechariah
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right upper north lancets with arms: gold castle on red of Castile, gold fleur-de-lis on blue of France
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lower north lancets
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priest king Melchizedek
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King David
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David, Anne and Mary, upper parts
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St. Anne and Mary
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King Solomon
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priest Aaron
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King Nebuchadnezzar under Melchizedek
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King Saul under David
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arms of France under Anne and Mary
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King Jeroboam under Solomon
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Pharaoh under Aaron