Typological Passion stained glass window, Chartres cathedral, France

Above, Jonah prays to God, unsure whether to fulfil his mission to Nineveh or flee to Tarshish, while the red whale waits to swallow him. In the middle, the sacrifice of Isaac by his father Abraham and the descent from the cross. Below, he sacrifice of the pelican; a pelican lands on her nest of chicks as a symbol of the resurrection to come, and David holds a banner from a psalm 'I am like a pelican made', quatrefoil from the Typological Passion stained glass window, 1210-25, in the transept of Chartres Cathedral, Eure-et-Loir, France. This window, unusually, reads from top to bottom. Chartres cathedral was built 1194-1250 and is a fine example of Gothic architecture. Most of its windows date from 1205-40 although a few earlier 12th century examples are also intact. It was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1979. Picture by Manuel Cohen

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