Tradesmen donors pictured in Chartres Cathedral 1300s stained glass windows

Medieval Tradesmen at Work

Donors of the Narrative Stained Glass Windows in Chartres Cathedral

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Link to map of window locations and subject and donor listing
Life of St-James (37)	Furriers' and Drapers' Guilds	Life of Saint Thomas Becket (25)	Tanners' Guild
Life of Charlemagne (38)	Furriers' Guild	Zodiac Window (17)	The Vintners' Guild and others
St Cheron (42)	Masons, Stonecutters (with templates) & Sculptors	Life of Mary Magdalene (5)	The Water Carriers' Guild

Story of Noah (64)	Wheelwrights' Guild	Good Samaritan (6)	The Shoemakers' Guild
Story of Eustace (62)	Furriers' and Drapers' Guilds	Story of Joseph (61)	The Bankers' Guild

The numbers used refer back to the

Map of window locations and subject listings in the pocket guide (left)

The St-James Window (37)

Above and Below - the Furriers' Guild and Drapers' Guild, Donors of the St-James Window

The Charlemagne Window (38)

Bottom centre panel of the Charlemagne Window - also donated by the Furriers

The Zodiac Window (17)

The Zodiac Window

Above - bottom left panel - the Vintners plus a bellringer and two other bystanders - also possibly the little fellas in the bottom left (shown) and bottom right (not shown) corners of the window.

Below - bottom right panel - Count Thibault VI of Champagne, on behalf of Thomas, Count of Perche, who was killed at the battle of Lincoln, 1217, and a couple of unidentified guys on the left (also shown above).

The St Cheron Window (42)

Masons, Stonecutters and Sculptors - this is one of the earliest representations of templates, which became widely used in the construction of Paris basin cathedrals.

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The Becket Window (25)

The second to bottom window section of the Becket Window is about the window's donors - the Tanners' Guild. The photo shows the centre and left panels of the section. One would normally expect to find this at the bottom of the window, but it was not unknown for rebuilders and restorers to get stuff mixed up, as they did with the Eustace donor panels lower down. Another example is the 1200s array of roundels illustrating Zodiac Signs, Labours of the Month, Sins, Virtues and Heraldic Beasts in Canterbury Cathedral, and in this case in Southern Puglia we don't believe that they were trying very hard in the first place !

The Water Carriers' Guild donated the Mary Magdalene Window (5)

The Bankers' Guild (bottom two half roundels) donated the Story of Joseph window (61).

The Good Samaritan Window (6)

Was donated by the Shoemakers' Guild

Here are the shoemakers applauding as their window is presented to Chartres Cathedral.

The donors of the Story of Eustace window (62) were the Drapers (bottom two roundels) and the Furriers (middle two roundels and probably the centre diamond). The panels interrupt the flow of the Eustace story which resumes in the two larger roundels.