33. The seven large windows (46 feet high) of the
choir apse repeat the story of the north rose--the
Glorification of the Virgin. In the first (north) is
34. Aaron, and an Incense-bearing Angel, with the
donor (Gaufridus) and his family. Below,
35. Ezekiel, David, and a Seraph. Below, the
Butchers.
36. Events from the Life of S. Peter. Below,
the Moneychangers.
37. The Annunciation, Visitation, Motherhood of
the Virgin. Below, the Bakers bringing bread.
38. Moses, Isaiah and Incense-bearing Angel.
Below, the Bakers.
39. Daniel, Jeremiah, a Seraph. Below, the
Drapers.
40. Scenes from the Life of S. John the Baptist.
Below, the Moneychangers.
_The Clerestory of the Choir_ (North).
41. Lancets (_a_) The Virgin enthroned, and the
escutcheon of Regnault de
Mouçon, the bishop.
(_b_) Two groups of Pilgrims, and,
below, the donor, kneeling,
Robert de Bérou, sub-deacon
and chancellor of the Cathedral.
The plain glass border was inserted 1757.
Rose (_c_) Christ seated between two three-branched
candlesticks.
42. This window was founded by S. Ferdinand,
King of Castile, who appears on horseback in the
rose. The other two lights were removed in 1788 at
the request of Bridan, in order to set off his marble
Assumption below.
43. The same fate attended the next but one,
founded by S. Louis, whose figure was allowed to
remain in the rose.
44. Lancets (_a_) S. Martin working miracles.
(_b_) S. Martin giving away his cloak,
and beholding Christ in a vision.
Below, and in the
Rose (_c_) Jean de Châtillon, the founder, on
horseback, and kneeling.
_Clerestory of the Choir_ (South).
45. The lancets were destroyed in 1773. The
founder, Amaury, Count of Montfort, remains in the
rose. He appears again in the rose of the next
window.
46. Lancets (_a_) S. Vincent, with millstone about
his neck, on the land and on
the sea. Below, the donor,
Petrus Bai....
(_b_) S. Paul. Below, the Curriers.
47. Destroyed 1788.
48. Lancets (_a_) S. John, S. James the Great, the
Adoration of the Magi. Below,
the arms of Montmorency.
(_b_) The Birth of Jesus, the Flight
into Egypt, and below, the
donors, Colin and his wife,
before a chess-board.
Rose (_c_) Robert de Beaumont on horseback.
_South Transept_ (now being restored).
49. Destroyed 1791.
50. Destroyed 1792. A border alone remains.
51. S. Apollinaris of Ravenna and Hierarchy of
Angels (1328).
_South Transept, Clerestory_ (East Side).
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