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Chartres Stained Glass #4: St. John Window



Located at the west end of the south nave aisle, the St. John Window illustrates the legends of St. John the Evangelist, a.k.a. St. John the Divine. All of the stories can be found in the Golden Legend, which was written down by Jacobus de Voragine about the same time the window was made, in the early 13th century. Click photos for larger views and more detailed captions.

Angels
Angels Welcome John into Heaven
Grave
John Welcomes His Death in the Ephesus Basilica
Sticks and Stone
Wood into Gold and Pebbles into Gems

Man Shows Treasure to Goldsmith
Christ Appears to John
Christ Appears to John and Predicts His Death
Gems
Men Breaking Gems for Philosophical Reasons

John Making Gems Whole Again
Poisoned Cup
Drinking from the Poisoned Cup
Ephesus
Raising a Woman from the Dead Upon Arrival in Ephesus

Eyewitnesses Marvel
Aristomedes
Summoned Before Aristomedes
St. John on Patmos
Exile to Patmos

Writing Revelation
John and Satheus
Death of Satheus
Armorers
Donors: Armorers

Flight into Egypt
 
St John Window, Chartres



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