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Zodiac Window in Chartres Cathedral (c1217)
Chartres Windows' Photos The Chartres North Rose Window The Chartres Thomas Becket Window
Link to Other Paradoxplace pages on Monthly Activity and Zodiac Representations. Back to Paradoxplace Chartres Cathedral Page (including other Monthly Activity and Zodiac stuff)
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Zodiac Signs and Monthly Activities - Chartres Cathedral South Ambulatory Window (c1217)
Where there are two images on the same level, the right one shows the zodiac sign, and the left one the typical activity of that time of year.
The central images are split - Zodiac sign on the right, activity on the left.
Start reading the window from the bottom
Look at larger photos of some individual frames
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Capricorn December
December 22 - January 20 (December 22 - Winter Solstice) La Capricorne (The Sea Goat) Illustrated by a good solo feast
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Sagittarius November
November 23 December 21
Illustrated by an activity labelled "December" - pig killing says the explanation (but we think it could be acorn gathering, though the axe is a bit of a worry)
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Scorpio October
October 24 November 22 Le Scorpion (The Scorpion) Illustrated by pouring (wine, or could it be water?) into a barrel
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Libra September
September 23 October 23 (September 23 - Autumn Equinox) Le Balance (The Scales) Illustrated by treading grapes
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Virgo August
August 24 September 22 La Vierge (The Virgin) Illustrated by threshing corn
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Leo July
July 23 August 23 Le Lion (The Lion)
Illustrated by scything crops
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Cancer June
June 22 July 22 (June 21 - Summer Solstice) Le Cancer (The Crab) Illustrated by mowing / scything (grass)
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Taurus April
April 21 May 21 (Le Taureau) The Bull Illustrated by April flowers
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Gemini May
May 22 June 21 Les Gιmeaux (The Twins) Illustrated by a knight hawking (we don't understand that either)
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Aries March
March 21 April 20 (March 21 - Spring Equinox) Le Bιlier (The Ram) Illustrated by pruning vines
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Pisces February
February 19 March 20 Les Poissons (The Fishes)
Illustrated by a man warming his feet in front of a fire
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Aquarius January
January 21 February 18 Le Verseau (The Water Carrier)
Illustrated by 3 faces (past present future) - most other examples have two faces - past and future but this is more insightful!
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Window Donors
L - The vine growers
R - Count Thibault VI of Champagne, on behalf of Thomas, Count of Perche, killed at the battle of Lincoln, 1217
plus a bell-ringer and two onlookers in the middle
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Look at larger photos of some individual frames
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