File:Chartres - cathédrale - rosace nord.jpg

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Northern rose window of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chartres_cathedral" class="extiw" title="en:Chartres cathedral">Chartres cathedral</a>. The rose depicts the Glorification of the Virgin Mary, surrounded by angels, twelve kings of Juda (David, Solomon, Abijam, Jehoshaphat, Uzziah, Ahaz, Manasseh, Hezechiah, Jehoiakim, Jehoram, Asa et Rehoboam) and the twelve lesser prophets (Hosea, Amos, Jonah, Nahum, Zephaniah, Zechariah, Malachi, Haggai, Habakkuk, Micah, Obadiah and Joel). Below, the arms of France and Castile (the window was offered by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blanche_of_Castile" class="extiw" title="en:Blanche of Castile">Blanche of Castile</a>). The five lancets represent Saint anne, mother of the Virgin, surrounded by the kings Melchizedek, David, Solomon and by Aaron, treading the sinner and idolatrous kings: Nebuchadnezzar, Saul, Jeroboam and Pharaoh.

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current05:57, 5 January 2017Thumbnail for version as of 05:57, 5 January 20172,167 × 3,000 (4.35 MB)127.0.0.1 (talk)Northern rose window of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chartres_cathedral" class="extiw" title="en:Chartres cathedral">Chartres cathedral</a>. The rose depicts the Glorification of the Virgin Mary, surrounded by angels, twelve kings of Juda (David, Solomon, Abijam, Jehoshaphat, Uzziah, Ahaz, Manasseh, Hezechiah, Jehoiakim, Jehoram, Asa et Rehoboam) and the twelve lesser prophets (Hosea, Amos, Jonah, Nahum, Zephaniah, Zechariah, Malachi, Haggai, Habakkuk, Micah, Obadiah and Joel). Below, the arms of France and Castile (the window was offered by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blanche_of_Castile" class="extiw" title="en:Blanche of Castile">Blanche of Castile</a>). The five lancets represent Saint anne, mother of the Virgin, surrounded by the kings Melchizedek, David, Solomon and by Aaron, treading the sinner and idolatrous kings: Nebuchadnezzar, Saul, Jeroboam and Pharaoh.
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