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Chartres Stained Glass #1: Jesse Window

The Jesse Window is the right lancet window (as seen from the inside) beneath the west rose. It was made around 1150 and survived the 1194 fire of the earlier cathedral. It depicts the Tree of Jesse, an abbreviated vertical view of the royal ancestory of Christ based on the prophecy of Isaiah: "there shall come forth a rod out of the stem of Jesse, and a branch shall grow out of his roots" (Isaiah 11:1). The seven doves around Christ represent the seven gifts of the Holy Spirit. The prophets are those who foretold the coming of Christ.



Prophet
Christ with Doves
Prophet
Prophet
Virgin Mary
Prophet
Prophet
King
Prophet
Prophet
King
Prophet
Prophet
Solomon
Prophet
Prophet
David
Prophet
Prophet
Jesse
Prophet
 
Jesse Window (c.1150)
Jesse Window (c.1150): The Root of Jesse
Jesse Window (c.1150): Two Kings
Jesse Window (c.1150): David and Solomon
Jesse Window (c.1150): Virgin Mary and Christ
Jesse Window (c.1150): Jesse, David and Solomon
Jesse Window (c.1150): Solomon and Other Kings
Jesse Window (c.1150): Two Kings and Mary
Jesse Window (c.1150): King, Mary and Christ
 
Jesse Window
Top of the Jesse Window, with Christ and seven doves.

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