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  • Boats on the river Loire, near Chaumont-sur-Loire, in the Loire Valley, Loir-et-Cher, Centre, France. Traditional Loire boats, flat bottomed to travel in shallow river waters, are still used on the river. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Boats on the river Loire, near Chaumont-sur-Loire, in the Loire Valley, Loir-et-Cher, Centre, France. Traditional Loire boats, flat bottomed to travel in shallow river waters, are still used on the river. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • River Loire, near Meung-sur-Loire, Loiret, Centre, France. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • River Loire, near Meung-sur-Loire, Loiret, Centre, France. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Mary of Egypt worships the True Cross in a church, from the stained glass window of St Mary of Egypt, 1215-25, in bay 21, in the ambulatory of Bourges Cathedral or the Cathedrale Saint-Etienne de Bourges, built 1195-1230 in French Gothic style and consecrated in 1324, in Bourges, Centre-Val de Loire, France. 22 of the original 25 medieval stained glass windows of the ambulatory have survived. The cathedral is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Because of the famine outside Egypt, Joseph's brothers come to get food, but a valuable missing cup is found in a bag of wheat taken by Benjamin, from the stained glass window of Joseph the Patriarch, son of Jacob, 1215-25, in bay 24, in the ambulatory of Bourges Cathedral or the Cathedrale Saint-Etienne de Bourges, built 1195-1230 in French Gothic style and consecrated in 1324, in Bourges, Centre-Val de Loire, France. 22 of the original 25 medieval stained glass windows of the ambulatory have survived. The cathedral is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • The cauldron of hell, detail, with sinful clergy boiling alive over the fire fed by bellows, fragment of the original rood screen now in the crypt of Bourges Cathedral or the Cathedrale Saint-Etienne de Bourges, built 1195-1230 in French Gothic style and consecrated in 1324, in Bourges, Centre-Val de Loire, France. The screen fragments are owned by the Musee du Berry and were housed in the Louvre until 1994. The cathedral is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • The cauldron of hell, detail, with sinful clergy boiling alive over the fire fed by bellows, fragment of the original rood screen now in the crypt of Bourges Cathedral or the Cathedrale Saint-Etienne de Bourges, built 1195-1230 in French Gothic style and consecrated in 1324, in Bourges, Centre-Val de Loire, France. The screen fragments are owned by the Musee du Berry and were housed in the Louvre until 1994. The cathedral is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Samson killing a lion, sculptural detail of a carved capital from the South portal on the South facade of Bourges Cathedral or the Cathedrale Saint-Etienne de Bourges, built 1195-1230 in French Gothic style and consecrated in 1324, in Bourges, Centre-Val de Loire, France. The sculptures on the South portal date from c. 1160 and were reused from the earlier Romanesque cathedral, with a tympanum of Christ in Majesty and 4 Evangelists and statues of prophets and kings on the columns. The cathedral is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Angel holding a censer on the inner archivolt, and a seated king or prophet holding a phylactery on the second archivolt, on the South portal on the South facade of Bourges Cathedral or the Cathedrale Saint-Etienne de Bourges, built 1195-1230 in French Gothic style and consecrated in 1324, in Bourges, Centre-Val de Loire, France. The sculptures on the South portal date from c. 1160 and were reused from the earlier Romanesque cathedral, with a tympanum of Christ in Majesty and 4 Evangelists and statues of prophets and kings on the columns. The cathedral is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Statues on side columns with canopies and carved capitals, including Moses (right) holding the tablets of the law, and possibly the Queen of Sheba (centre), to the right of the door, on the South portal on the South facade of Bourges Cathedral or the Cathedrale Saint-Etienne de Bourges, built 1195-1230 in French Gothic style and consecrated in 1324, in Bourges, Centre-Val de Loire, France. The sculptures on the South portal date from c. 1160 and were reused from the earlier Romanesque cathedral, with a tympanum of Christ in Majesty and 4 Evangelists and statues of prophets and kings on the columns. The cathedral is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • King David playing a harp, and a dragon with a human head, sculptural detail of a carved capital from the South portal on the South facade of Bourges Cathedral or the Cathedrale Saint-Etienne de Bourges, built 1195-1230 in French Gothic style and consecrated in 1324, in Bourges, Centre-Val de Loire, France. The sculptures on the South portal date from c. 1160 and were reused from the earlier Romanesque cathedral, with a tympanum of Christ in Majesty and 4 Evangelists and statues of prophets and kings on the columns. The cathedral is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Jacob sends Joseph to find his brothers and give them food, from the stained glass window of Joseph the Patriarch, son of Jacob, 1215-25, in bay 24, in the ambulatory of Bourges Cathedral or the Cathedrale Saint-Etienne de Bourges, built 1195-1230 in French Gothic style and consecrated in 1324, in Bourges, Centre-Val de Loire, France. 22 of the original 25 medieval stained glass windows of the ambulatory have survived. The cathedral is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Joseph orders grain to be poured into the river Nile, from the stained glass window of Joseph the Patriarch, son of Jacob, 1215-25, in bay 24, in the ambulatory of Bourges Cathedral or the Cathedrale Saint-Etienne de Bourges, built 1195-1230 in French Gothic style and consecrated in 1324, in Bourges, Centre-Val de Loire, France. 22 of the original 25 medieval stained glass windows of the ambulatory have survived. The cathedral is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Joseph's brothers see him coming, are jealous of him and decide to kill him, from the stained glass window of Joseph the Patriarch, son of Jacob, 1215-25, in bay 24, in the ambulatory of Bourges Cathedral or the Cathedrale Saint-Etienne de Bourges, built 1195-1230 in French Gothic style and consecrated in 1324, in Bourges, Centre-Val de Loire, France. 22 of the original 25 medieval stained glass windows of the ambulatory have survived. The cathedral is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • The preparation of the crucifixion, with Jesus being led to the cross, from the stained glass window of the Passion, 1215-25, in bay 6, in the ambulatory of Bourges Cathedral or the Cathedrale Saint-Etienne de Bourges, built 1195-1230 in French Gothic style and consecrated in 1324, in Bourges, Centre-Val de Loire, France. 22 of the original 25 medieval stained glass windows of the ambulatory have survived. The cathedral is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Jesus washing the feets of his apostles, a slave's job "for I have given you an example", from the stained glass window of the Passion, 1215-25, in bay 6, in the ambulatory of Bourges Cathedral or the Cathedrale Saint-Etienne de Bourges, built 1195-1230 in French Gothic style and consecrated in 1324, in Bourges, Centre-Val de Loire, France. 22 of the original 25 medieval stained glass windows of the ambulatory have survived. The cathedral is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Sinner punished in hell, a miser with a purse around his neck is being boiled alive in a cauldron in the fire of hell stoked by a devil, with a blue devil excreting a silver coin into his mouth, from the stained glass window of the Last Judgement, 1215-25, in bay 4, in the ambulatory of Bourges Cathedral or the Cathedrale Saint-Etienne de Bourges, built 1195-1230 in French Gothic style and consecrated in 1324, in Bourges, Centre-Val de Loire, France. 22 of the original 25 medieval stained glass windows of the ambulatory have survived. The cathedral is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • The damned escorted to hell by demons and boiled alive in a cauldron heated by flames from the mouth of the leviathan, sculptural detail from the middle level of the tympanum of the main portal representing the Last Judgement, c. 1230, on the West facade of Bourges Cathedral or the Cathedrale Saint-Etienne de Bourges, built 1195-1230 in French Gothic style and consecrated in 1324, in Bourges, Centre-Val de Loire, France. Devils take the damned, including bishops, monks, kings, peasants and prostitutes, to hell. This level of the tympanum depicts St Michael weighing the souls, with the saved processing to heaven and the damned being led to hell by devils. The cathedral is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • The Welcome from Christ the Judge, sculptural detail from the upper level of the tympanum of the main portal representing the Last Judgement, c. 1230, on the West facade of Bourges Cathedral or the Cathedrale Saint-Etienne de Bourges, built 1195-1230 in French Gothic style and consecrated in 1324, in Bourges, Centre-Val de Loire, France. This level of the tympanum depicts Christ enthroned flanked by angels holding the instruments of the Passion. The cathedral is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • King Gundophorus of India instructing his provost, Abbanes, to find an architect, from the stained glass window of St Thomas, depicting the story of the apostle Thomas in India, 1215-25, in bay 16, in the ambulatory of Bourges Cathedral or the Cathedrale Saint-Etienne de Bourges, built 1195-1230 in French Gothic style and consecrated in 1324, in Bourges, Centre-Val de Loire, France. 22 of the original 25 medieval stained glass windows of the ambulatory have survived. The cathedral is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Celestial trumpet being played by an angel, announcing the return of Jesus Christ at the end of the world and Doomsday, from the stained glass window of the Last Judgement, 1215-25, in bay 4, in the ambulatory of Bourges Cathedral or the Cathedrale Saint-Etienne de Bourges, built 1195-1230 in French Gothic style and consecrated in 1324, in Bourges, Centre-Val de Loire, France. 22 of the original 25 medieval stained glass windows of the ambulatory have survived. The cathedral is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • The damned escorted to hell by demons and boiled alive in a cauldron heated by flames from the mouth of the leviathan, sculptural detail from the middle level of the tympanum of the main portal representing the Last Judgement, c. 1230, on the West facade of Bourges Cathedral or the Cathedrale Saint-Etienne de Bourges, built 1195-1230 in French Gothic style and consecrated in 1324, in Bourges, Centre-Val de Loire, France. On the left is the soul of a naked saved child watched by Satan armed with a hook. Devils take the damned, including bishops, monks, kings, peasants and prostitutes, to hell. This level of the tympanum depicts St Michael weighing the souls, with the saved processing to heaven and the damned being led to hell by devils. The cathedral is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • The damned escorted to hell by demons and boiled alive in a cauldron heated by flames from the mouth of the leviathan, sculptural detail from the middle level of the tympanum of the main portal representing the Last Judgement, c. 1230, on the West facade of Bourges Cathedral or the Cathedrale Saint-Etienne de Bourges, built 1195-1230 in French Gothic style and consecrated in 1324, in Bourges, Centre-Val de Loire, France. Devils take the damned, including bishops, monks, kings, peasants and prostitutes, to hell. This level of the tympanum depicts St Michael weighing the souls, with the saved processing to heaven and the damned being led to hell by devils. The cathedral is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Four angels, representing 4 of the 7 bishops of Asia Minor, from the stained glass window of the Apocalypse, 1215-25, in bay 14, in the ambulatory of Bourges Cathedral or the Cathedrale Saint-Etienne de Bourges, built 1195-1230 in French Gothic style and consecrated in 1324, in Bourges, Centre-Val de Loire, France. 22 of the original 25 medieval stained glass windows of the ambulatory have survived. The cathedral is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • The Harrowing of Hell, with Jesus descending into limbo in order to save Adam, Eve and the righteous, from the stained glass window of the Passion, 1215-25, in bay 6, in the ambulatory of Bourges Cathedral or the Cathedrale Saint-Etienne de Bourges, built 1195-1230 in French Gothic style and consecrated in 1324, in Bourges, Centre-Val de Loire, France. 22 of the original 25 medieval stained glass windows of the ambulatory have survived. The cathedral is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • The rich man's soul is taken to the flames of hell by devils, from the stained glass window of the Parable of Dives and Lazarus, or the Rich Man and the Beggar, 1215-25, in bay 23, in the ambulatory of Bourges Cathedral or the Cathedrale Saint-Etienne de Bourges, built 1195-1230 in French Gothic style and consecrated in 1324, in Bourges, Centre-Val de Loire, France. 22 of the original 25 medieval stained glass windows of the ambulatory have survived. The cathedral is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • The father attempts to reconcile the 2 sons by bringing their hands together, telling the eldest, 'Is thine eye evil, because I am good?', a direct allusion to the reconciliation of the peoples, from the stained glass window of the Prodigal Son, 1215-25, in bay 5, in the ambulatory of Bourges Cathedral or the Cathedrale Saint-Etienne de Bourges, built 1195-1230 in French Gothic style and consecrated in 1324, in Bourges, Centre-Val de Loire, France. 22 of the original 25 medieval stained glass windows of the ambulatory have survived. The cathedral is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • The repentance of the prodigal son, working as a shepherd, famished, he decides to go back to his father and plead guilty, from the stained glass window of the Prodigal Son, 1215-25, in bay 5, in the ambulatory of Bourges Cathedral or the Cathedrale Saint-Etienne de Bourges, built 1195-1230 in French Gothic style and consecrated in 1324, in Bourges, Centre-Val de Loire, France. 22 of the original 25 medieval stained glass windows of the ambulatory have survived. The cathedral is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • God confounds Adam and Eve and turns them out of the Garden of Eden, from the stained glass window of the Parable of the Good Samaritan, 1215-25, in bay 13, in the ambulatory of Bourges Cathedral or the Cathedrale Saint-Etienne de Bourges, built 1195-1230 in French Gothic style and consecrated in 1324, in Bourges, Centre-Val de Loire, France. 22 of the original 25 medieval stained glass windows of the ambulatory have survived. The cathedral is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • The creation of Eve, with God pulling her from the rib of Adam, from the stained glass window of the Parable of the Good Samaritan, 1215-25, in bay 13, in the ambulatory of Bourges Cathedral or the Cathedrale Saint-Etienne de Bourges, built 1195-1230 in French Gothic style and consecrated in 1324, in Bourges, Centre-Val de Loire, France. 22 of the original 25 medieval stained glass windows of the ambulatory have survived. The cathedral is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Adam and Eve ashamed before God, from the stained glass window of the Parable of the Good Samaritan, 1215-25, in bay 13, in the ambulatory of Bourges Cathedral or the Cathedrale Saint-Etienne de Bourges, built 1195-1230 in French Gothic style and consecrated in 1324, in Bourges, Centre-Val de Loire, France. 22 of the original 25 medieval stained glass windows of the ambulatory have survived. The cathedral is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Tanners tanning hides, donor section from the stained glass window of the Prodigal Son, 1215-25, in bay 5, in the ambulatory of Bourges Cathedral or the Cathedrale Saint-Etienne de Bourges, built 1195-1230 in French Gothic style and consecrated in 1324, in Bourges, Centre-Val de Loire, France. 22 of the original 25 medieval stained glass windows of the ambulatory have survived. The cathedral is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • St Martin cuts his cloak in half and gives one part to a beggar in Amiens, from the stained glass window of St Martin of Tours, 1215-25, in bay 7, in the ambulatory of Bourges Cathedral or the Cathedrale Saint-Etienne de Bourges, built 1195-1230 in French Gothic style and consecrated in 1324, in Bourges, Centre-Val de Loire, France. 22 of the original 25 medieval stained glass windows of the ambulatory have survived. The cathedral is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Bakers baking bread in the oven in the bakery, donor panel of the stained glass window of John the Evangelist, 1215-25, in bay 22, in the ambulatory of Bourges Cathedral or the Cathedrale Saint-Etienne de Bourges, built 1195-1230 in French Gothic style and consecrated in 1324, in Bourges, Centre-Val de Loire, France. 22 of the original 25 medieval stained glass windows of the ambulatory have survived. The cathedral is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Potiphar's wife slanders Joseph to Pharaoh because he has refused her sexual advances, from the stained glass window of Joseph the Patriarch, son of Jacob, 1215-25, in bay 24, in the ambulatory of Bourges Cathedral or the Cathedrale Saint-Etienne de Bourges, built 1195-1230 in French Gothic style and consecrated in 1324, in Bourges, Centre-Val de Loire, France. 22 of the original 25 medieval stained glass windows of the ambulatory have survived. The cathedral is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • West facade with towers and 5 portals, Bourges Cathedral or the Cathedrale Saint-Etienne de Bourges, built 1195-1230 in French Gothic style and consecrated in 1324, in Bourges, Centre-Val de Loire, France, photograph, 19th century. The cathedral is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Allegory of temptation, with a bird blowing into the ear of a figure's head, sculptural detail from <br />
the Gothic crypt, c. 1200, in Bourges Cathedral or the Cathedrale Saint-Etienne de Bourges, built 1195-1230 in French Gothic style and consecrated in 1324, in Bourges, Centre-Val de Loire, France. The cathedral is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Masons build a new barn for the rich man to gather grain and ensure a life of pleasure from the overabundant harvest, from the stained glass window of the Parable of Dives and Lazarus, or the Rich Man and the Beggar, 1215-25, in bay 23, in the ambulatory of Bourges Cathedral or the Cathedrale Saint-Etienne de Bourges, built 1195-1230 in French Gothic style and consecrated in 1324, in Bourges, Centre-Val de Loire, France. 22 of the original 25 medieval stained glass windows of the ambulatory have survived. The cathedral is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Detail of St James of Compostela with his staff and pilgrim's hat, patron saint of the sculpture's donor, canon Jacques Dubreuil, from the Entombment, c. 1540, sculptural group, in the Gothic crypt, built c. 1200, in Bourges Cathedral or the Cathedrale Saint-Etienne de Bourges, built 1195-1230 in French Gothic style and consecrated in 1324, in Bourges, Centre-Val de Loire, France. The cathedral is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Sleeping guards at the tomb of Christ, fragment of the original rood screen now in the crypt of Bourges Cathedral or the Cathedrale Saint-Etienne de Bourges, built 1195-1230 in French Gothic style and consecrated in 1324, in Bourges, Centre-Val de Loire, France. The guards are positioned between the Entombment and the discovery of the empty tomb, although the Resurrection itself is not depicted. The screen fragments are owned by the Musee du Berry and were housed in the Louvre until 1994. The cathedral is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • The cauldron of hell, with sinful clergy boiling alive over the fire fed by bellows, fragment of the original rood screen now in the crypt of Bourges Cathedral or the Cathedrale Saint-Etienne de Bourges, built 1195-1230 in French Gothic style and consecrated in 1324, in Bourges, Centre-Val de Loire, France. The screen fragments are owned by the Musee du Berry and were housed in the Louvre until 1994. The cathedral is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Sculpted capital with fantastic beasts devouring a man, representing the struggles of vice and virtue, above the column statues on the South portal on the South facade of Bourges Cathedral or the Cathedrale Saint-Etienne de Bourges, built 1195-1230 in French Gothic style and consecrated in 1324, in Bourges, Centre-Val de Loire, France. The sculptures on the South portal date from c. 1160 and were reused from the earlier Romanesque cathedral, with a tympanum of Christ in Majesty and 4 Evangelists and statues of prophets and kings on the columns. The cathedral is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Elijah reproaching Ahab for stealing Naboth's vineyard, and on the right, Abraham's offering of Isaac, carved capital from above the column statues on the South portal on the South facade of Bourges Cathedral or the Cathedrale Saint-Etienne de Bourges, built 1195-1230 in French Gothic style and consecrated in 1324, in Bourges, Centre-Val de Loire, France. The sculptures on the South portal date from c. 1160 and were reused from the earlier Romanesque cathedral, with a tympanum of Christ in Majesty and 4 Evangelists and statues of prophets and kings on the columns. The cathedral is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Sculpted capital with fantastic beasts devouring a man, representing the struggles of vice and virtue, above the column statues on the South portal on the South facade of Bourges Cathedral or the Cathedrale Saint-Etienne de Bourges, built 1195-1230 in French Gothic style and consecrated in 1324, in Bourges, Centre-Val de Loire, France. The sculptures on the South portal date from c. 1160 and were reused from the earlier Romanesque cathedral, with a tympanum of Christ in Majesty and 4 Evangelists and statues of prophets and kings on the columns. The cathedral is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Head of the prophet Jonah, statue on a side column to the left of the door, on the South portal on the South facade of Bourges Cathedral or the Cathedrale Saint-Etienne de Bourges, built 1195-1230 in French Gothic style and consecrated in 1324, in Bourges, Centre-Val de Loire, France. The sculptures on the South portal date from c. 1160 and were reused from the earlier Romanesque cathedral, with a tympanum of Christ in Majesty and 4 Evangelists and statues of prophets and kings on the columns. The cathedral is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Adam and Eve eating the forbidden fruit in the Garden of Eden, sculptural detail of a carved capital from the South portal on the South facade of Bourges Cathedral or the Cathedrale Saint-Etienne de Bourges, built 1195-1230 in French Gothic style and consecrated in 1324, in Bourges, Centre-Val de Loire, France. The sculptures on the South portal date from c. 1160 and were reused from the earlier Romanesque cathedral, with a tympanum of Christ in Majesty and 4 Evangelists and statues of prophets and kings on the columns. The cathedral is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Adam and Eve driven from the Garden of Eden by an angel with a sword, sculptural detail from a carved capital on the South portal on the South facade of Bourges Cathedral or the Cathedrale Saint-Etienne de Bourges, built 1195-1230 in French Gothic style and consecrated in 1324, in Bourges, Centre-Val de Loire, France. The sculptures on the South portal date from c. 1160 and were reused from the earlier Romanesque cathedral, with a tympanum of Christ in Majesty and 4 Evangelists and statues of prophets and kings on the columns. The cathedral is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Joseph is stripped of his cloak and thrown into a well, detail, from the stained glass window of Joseph the Patriarch, son of Jacob, 1215-25, in bay 24, in the ambulatory of Bourges Cathedral or the Cathedrale Saint-Etienne de Bourges, built 1195-1230 in French Gothic style and consecrated in 1324, in Bourges, Centre-Val de Loire, France. 22 of the original 25 medieval stained glass windows of the ambulatory have survived. The cathedral is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Carpenter bending a wheel rim, small panel between the donor panels of the stained glass window of Joseph the Patriarch, son of Jacob, 1215-25, in bay 24, in the ambulatory of Bourges Cathedral or the Cathedrale Saint-Etienne de Bourges, built 1195-1230 in French Gothic style and consecrated in 1324, in Bourges, Centre-Val de Loire, France. 22 of the original 25 medieval stained glass windows of the ambulatory have survived. The cathedral is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • A shepherd shows Joseph where his brothers are camped, from the stained glass window of Joseph the Patriarch, son of Jacob, 1215-25, in bay 24, in the ambulatory of Bourges Cathedral or the Cathedrale Saint-Etienne de Bourges, built 1195-1230 in French Gothic style and consecrated in 1324, in Bourges, Centre-Val de Loire, France. 22 of the original 25 medieval stained glass windows of the ambulatory have survived. The cathedral is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • On the left, 7 men are led to paradise by an angel (to Abraham in the next panel), and on the right, the damned in chains, including a lady in a headdress, a king, a bishop and 2 clerics, being led to hell by a devil, from the stained glass window of the Last Judgement, 1215-25, in bay 4, in the ambulatory of Bourges Cathedral or the Cathedrale Saint-Etienne de Bourges, built 1195-1230 in French Gothic style and consecrated in 1324, in Bourges, Centre-Val de Loire, France. 22 of the original 25 medieval stained glass windows of the ambulatory have survived. The cathedral is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • The damned escorted to hell by demons and boiled alive in a cauldron heated by flames from the mouth of the leviathan, sculptural detail from the middle level of the tympanum of the main portal representing the Last Judgement, c. 1230, on the West facade of Bourges Cathedral or the Cathedrale Saint-Etienne de Bourges, built 1195-1230 in French Gothic style and consecrated in 1324, in Bourges, Centre-Val de Loire, France. Devils take the damned, including bishops, monks, kings, peasants and prostitutes, to hell. This level of the tympanum depicts St Michael weighing the souls, with the saved processing to heaven and the damned being led to hell by devils. The cathedral is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • The damned escorted to hell by demons, sculptural detail from the middle level of the tympanum of the main portal representing the Last Judgement, c. 1230, on the West facade of Bourges Cathedral or the Cathedrale Saint-Etienne de Bourges, built 1195-1230 in French Gothic style and consecrated in 1324, in Bourges, Centre-Val de Loire, France. Devils take the damned, including bishops, monks, kings, peasants and prostitutes, to hell. This level of the tympanum depicts St Michael weighing the souls, with the saved processing to heaven and the damned being led to hell by devils. The cathedral is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Procession of the smiling chosen ones to heaven, sculptural detail from the middle level of the tympanum of the main portal representing the Last Judgement, c. 1230, on the West facade of Bourges Cathedral or the Cathedrale Saint-Etienne de Bourges, built 1195-1230 in French Gothic style and consecrated in 1324, in Bourges, Centre-Val de Loire, France. This level of the tympanum depicts St Michael weighing the souls, with the saved processing to heaven and the damned being led to hell by devils. The cathedral is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • A furrier displaying his wares to customers, from the donor panel of the stained glass window of the Passion, 1215-25, in bay 6, in the ambulatory of Bourges Cathedral or the Cathedrale Saint-Etienne de Bourges, built 1195-1230 in French Gothic style and consecrated in 1324, in Bourges, Centre-Val de Loire, France. 22 of the original 25 medieval stained glass windows of the ambulatory have survived. The cathedral is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Two damned souls are thrown into hell through the leviathan's mouth, helped by devils with hooks, from the stained glass window of the Last Judgement, 1215-25, in bay 4, in the ambulatory of Bourges Cathedral or the Cathedrale Saint-Etienne de Bourges, built 1195-1230 in French Gothic style and consecrated in 1324, in Bourges, Centre-Val de Loire, France. 22 of the original 25 medieval stained glass windows of the ambulatory have survived. The cathedral is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • The damned boiled alive in a cauldron heated by flames from the mouth of the leviathan, sculptural detail from the middle level of the tympanum of the main portal representing the Last Judgement, c. 1230, on the West facade of Bourges Cathedral or the Cathedrale Saint-Etienne de Bourges, built 1195-1230 in French Gothic style and consecrated in 1324, in Bourges, Centre-Val de Loire, France. Devils take the damned, including bishops, monks, kings, peasants and prostitutes, to hell. This level of the tympanum depicts St Michael weighing the souls, with the saved processing to heaven and the damned being led to hell by devils. The cathedral is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Group of 6 apostles, or possibly the Elders of the Apocalypse, from the stained glass window of the Apocalypse, 1215-25, in bay 14, in the ambulatory of Bourges Cathedral or the Cathedrale Saint-Etienne de Bourges, built 1195-1230 in French Gothic style and consecrated in 1324, in Bourges, Centre-Val de Loire, France. 22 of the original 25 medieval stained glass windows of the ambulatory have survived. The cathedral is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • The New Covenant, Jonah is spat out by the whale towards the gates of Nineveh, accepting orders from God to prophesy in the city (an Old Testament antetype to the Resurrection), from the stained glass window of the New Alliance, 1215-25, in bay 3, in the ambulatory of Bourges Cathedral or the Cathedrale Saint-Etienne de Bourges, built 1195-1230 in French Gothic style and consecrated in 1324, in Bourges, Centre-Val de Loire, France. The New Alliance window is a typological window, drawing parallels between the Old and New Testaments, specifically with the Passion scenes of Christ carrying the cross, the Crucifixion and the Resurrection with their Old Testament antetypes. 22 of the original 25 medieval stained glass windows of the ambulatory have survived. The cathedral is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Crucifixion, with Christ on the cross flanked by Ecclesia and Synagoga, from the stained glass window of the New Alliance, 1215-25, in bay 3, in the ambulatory of Bourges Cathedral or the Cathedrale Saint-Etienne de Bourges, built 1195-1230 in French Gothic style and consecrated in 1324, in Bourges, Centre-Val de Loire, France. The New Alliance window is a typological window, drawing parallels between the Old and New Testaments, specifically with the Passion scenes of Christ carrying the cross, the Crucifixion and the Resurrection with their Old Testament antetypes. 22 of the original 25 medieval stained glass windows of the ambulatory have survived. The cathedral is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
    LC17_FRANCE_MC_0059.jpg
  • The Sacrifice of Isaac, with Abraham and his son Isaac climbing the mountain, with Isaac carrying the wood in the shape of a cross (an Old Testament antetype to the Road to Calvary), the stained glass window of the New Alliance, 1215-25, in bay 3, in the ambulatory of Bourges Cathedral or the Cathedrale Saint-Etienne de Bourges, built 1195-1230 in French Gothic style and consecrated in 1324, in Bourges, Centre-Val de Loire, France. The New Alliance window is a typological window, drawing parallels between the Old and New Testaments, specifically with the Passion scenes of Christ carrying the cross, the Crucifixion and the Resurrection with their Old Testament antetypes. 22 of the original 25 medieval stained glass windows of the ambulatory have survived. The cathedral is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • The rich man's soul, in a cauldron stirred by devils, points to his tongue and implores Abraham and Lazarus for water, from the stained glass window of the Parable of Dives and Lazarus, or the Rich Man and the Beggar, 1215-25, in bay 23, in the ambulatory of Bourges Cathedral or the Cathedrale Saint-Etienne de Bourges, built 1195-1230 in French Gothic style and consecrated in 1324, in Bourges, Centre-Val de Loire, France. 22 of the original 25 medieval stained glass windows of the ambulatory have survived. The cathedral is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • The rich man sitting at a table with his wife for a feast, and turning away a poor man asking for food (Lazarus the leper in a separate panel), from the stained glass window of the Parable of Dives and Lazarus, or the Rich Man and the Beggar, 1215-25, in bay 23, in the ambulatory of Bourges Cathedral or the Cathedrale Saint-Etienne de Bourges, built 1195-1230 in French Gothic style and consecrated in 1324, in Bourges, Centre-Val de Loire, France. 22 of the original 25 medieval stained glass windows of the ambulatory have survived. The cathedral is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Masons build a new barn for the rich man to gather grain and ensure a life of pleasure from the overabundant harvest, from the stained glass window of the Parable of Dives and Lazarus, or the Rich Man and the Beggar, 1215-25, in bay 23, in the ambulatory of Bourges Cathedral or the Cathedrale Saint-Etienne de Bourges, built 1195-1230 in French Gothic style and consecrated in 1324, in Bourges, Centre-Val de Loire, France. 22 of the original 25 medieval stained glass windows of the ambulatory have survived. The cathedral is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Angels playing their celestial trumpets which announce the return of Jesus Christ at the end of the world and Doomsday, from the stained glass window of the Last Judgement, 1215-25, in bay 4, in the ambulatory of Bourges Cathedral or the Cathedrale Saint-Etienne de Bourges, built 1195-1230 in French Gothic style and consecrated in 1324, in Bourges, Centre-Val de Loire, France. 22 of the original 25 medieval stained glass windows of the ambulatory have survived. The cathedral is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
    LC17_FRANCE_MC_0043.jpg
  • The Sacrifice of Isaac, with an angel stopping Abraham's knife and pointing to a ram, with Isaac's legs echoing the shape of a cross (an Old Testament antetype to the Road to Calvary), from the stained glass window of the New Alliance, 1215-25, in bay 3, in the ambulatory of Bourges Cathedral or the Cathedrale Saint-Etienne de Bourges, built 1195-1230 in French Gothic style and consecrated in 1324, in Bourges, Centre-Val de Loire, France. The New Alliance window is a typological window, drawing parallels between the Old and New Testaments, specifically with the Passion scenes of Christ carrying the cross, the Crucifixion and the Resurrection with their Old Testament antetypes. 22 of the original 25 medieval stained glass windows of the ambulatory have survived. The cathedral is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Tanner scraping hides, donor section from the stained glass window of the Prodigal Son, 1215-25, in bay 5, in the ambulatory of Bourges Cathedral or the Cathedrale Saint-Etienne de Bourges, built 1195-1230 in French Gothic style and consecrated in 1324, in Bourges, Centre-Val de Loire, France. 22 of the original 25 medieval stained glass windows of the ambulatory have survived. The cathedral is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • The eldest son, feeling indignant, goes to plough the fields with his oxen, from the stained glass window of the Prodigal Son, 1215-25, in bay 5, in the ambulatory of Bourges Cathedral or the Cathedrale Saint-Etienne de Bourges, built 1195-1230 in French Gothic style and consecrated in 1324, in Bourges, Centre-Val de Loire, France. 22 of the original 25 medieval stained glass windows of the ambulatory have survived. The cathedral is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Vaulted ceiling of the side aisle at Bourges Cathedral or the Cathedrale Saint-Etienne de Bourges, built 1195-1230 in French Gothic style and consecrated in 1324, in Bourges, Centre-Val de Loire, France. The cathedral is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Moses smashes the Tablets of the Law with the Ten Commandments, from the stained glass window of the Parable of the Good Samaritan, 1215-25, in bay 13, in the ambulatory of Bourges Cathedral or the Cathedrale Saint-Etienne de Bourges, built 1195-1230 in French Gothic style and consecrated in 1324, in Bourges, Centre-Val de Loire, France. 22 of the original 25 medieval stained glass windows of the ambulatory have survived. The cathedral is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Adam and Eve eating 3 of the forbidden fruit, and the serpent, from the stained glass window of the Parable of the Good Samaritan, 1215-25, in bay 13, in the ambulatory of Bourges Cathedral or the Cathedrale Saint-Etienne de Bourges, built 1195-1230 in French Gothic style and consecrated in 1324, in Bourges, Centre-Val de Loire, France. 22 of the original 25 medieval stained glass windows of the ambulatory have survived. The cathedral is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • God making Adam master over the animals,<br />
from the stained glass window of the Parable of the Good Samaritan, 1215-25, in bay 13, in the ambulatory of Bourges Cathedral or the Cathedrale Saint-Etienne de Bourges, built 1195-1230 in French Gothic style and consecrated in 1324, in Bourges, Centre-Val de Loire, France. 22 of the original 25 medieval stained glass windows of the ambulatory have survived. The cathedral is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Looking up at the sexpartite vaulted ceiling of the nave, completed by 1255, and the arcade, triforium and clerestory windows, at Bourges Cathedral or the Cathedrale Saint-Etienne de Bourges, built 1195-1230 in French Gothic style and consecrated in 1324, in Bourges, Centre-Val de Loire, France. The cathedral is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • The West facade with its 5 portals, built 13th century, at Bourges Cathedral or the Cathedrale Saint-Etienne de Bourges, built 1195-1230 in French Gothic style and consecrated in 1324, in Bourges, Centre-Val de Loire, France. The central portal reflects the nave inside and is sculpted with scenes of the Last Judgement, the South portals for the 2 South side aisles are sculpted with scenes from the lives of St Ursinus and St Stephen and the 2 North portals for the 2 North side aisles are sculpted with scenes from the life of the Virgin. The cathedral is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Masons build a new barn for the rich man to gather grain and ensure a life of pleasure from the overabundant harvest, from the stained glass window of the Parable of Dives and Lazarus, or the Rich Man and the Beggar, 1215-25, in bay 23, in the ambulatory of Bourges Cathedral or the Cathedrale Saint-Etienne de Bourges, built 1195-1230 in French Gothic style and consecrated in 1324, in Bourges, Centre-Val de Loire, France. 22 of the original 25 medieval stained glass windows of the ambulatory have survived. The cathedral is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Mary of Egypt leaving her home in Alexandria before her journey to Jerusalem, from the stained glass window of St Mary of Egypt, 1215-25, in bay 21, in the ambulatory of Bourges Cathedral or the Cathedrale Saint-Etienne de Bourges, built 1195-1230 in French Gothic style and consecrated in 1324, in Bourges, Centre-Val de Loire, France. 22 of the original 25 medieval stained glass windows of the ambulatory have survived. The cathedral is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Mary of Egypt travelling to Jerusalem on a boat, from the stained glass window of St Mary of Egypt, 1215-25, in bay 21, in the ambulatory of Bourges Cathedral or the Cathedrale Saint-Etienne de Bourges, built 1195-1230 in French Gothic style and consecrated in 1324, in Bourges, Centre-Val de Loire, France. 22 of the original 25 medieval stained glass windows of the ambulatory have survived. The cathedral is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Sculptural detail of the drapery on the statues on the side columns to the right of the door, on the South portal on the South facade of Bourges Cathedral or the Cathedrale Saint-Etienne de Bourges, built 1195-1230 in French Gothic style and consecrated in 1324, in Bourges, Centre-Val de Loire, France. The sculptures on the South portal date from c. 1160 and were reused from the earlier Romanesque cathedral, with a tympanum of Christ in Majesty and 4 Evangelists and statues of prophets and kings on the columns. The cathedral is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Adam and Eve driven from the Garden of Eden by an angel with a sword, sculptural detail from a carved capital on the South portal on the South facade of Bourges Cathedral or the Cathedrale Saint-Etienne de Bourges, built 1195-1230 in French Gothic style and consecrated in 1324, in Bourges, Centre-Val de Loire, France. The sculptures on the South portal date from c. 1160 and were reused from the earlier Romanesque cathedral, with a tympanum of Christ in Majesty and 4 Evangelists and statues of prophets and kings on the columns. The cathedral is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Elijah reproaching Ahab for stealing Naboth's vineyard, and on the right, Abraham's offering of Isaac, carved capital from above the column statues on the South portal on the South facade of Bourges Cathedral or the Cathedrale Saint-Etienne de Bourges, built 1195-1230 in French Gothic style and consecrated in 1324, in Bourges, Centre-Val de Loire, France. The sculptures on the South portal date from c. 1160 and were reused from the earlier Romanesque cathedral, with a tympanum of Christ in Majesty and 4 Evangelists and statues of prophets and kings on the columns. The cathedral is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Bakers selling loaves of bread, donor panel of the stained glass window of John the Evangelist, 1215-25, in bay 22, in the ambulatory of Bourges Cathedral or the Cathedrale Saint-Etienne de Bourges, built 1195-1230 in French Gothic style and consecrated in 1324, in Bourges, Centre-Val de Loire, France. 22 of the original 25 medieval stained glass windows of the ambulatory have survived. The cathedral is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • The True Cross on an altar in the church in Jerusalem, from the stained glass window of St Mary of Egypt, 1215-25, in bay 21, in the ambulatory of Bourges Cathedral or the Cathedrale Saint-Etienne de Bourges, built 1195-1230 in French Gothic style and consecrated in 1324, in Bourges, Centre-Val de Loire, France. 22 of the original 25 medieval stained glass windows of the ambulatory have survived. The cathedral is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Pharaoh dreams of 7 fat cows and 7 thin cows, from the stained glass window of Joseph the Patriarch, son of Jacob, 1215-25, in bay 24, in the ambulatory of Bourges Cathedral or the Cathedrale Saint-Etienne de Bourges, built 1195-1230 in French Gothic style and consecrated in 1324, in Bourges, Centre-Val de Loire, France. 22 of the original 25 medieval stained glass windows of the ambulatory have survived. The cathedral is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Nave, completed by 1255, with a sexpartite vaulted ceiling, at Bourges Cathedral or the Cathedrale Saint-Etienne de Bourges, built 1195-1230 in French Gothic style and consecrated in 1324, in Bourges, Centre-Val de Loire, France. The cathedral is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Hod carriers, masons at work from the donor section from the stained glass window of the Parable of Dives and Lazarus, or the Rich Man and the Beggar, 1215-25, in bay 23, in the ambulatory of Bourges Cathedral or the Cathedrale Saint-Etienne de Bourges, built 1195-1230 in French Gothic style and consecrated in 1324, in Bourges, Centre-Val de Loire, France. 22 of the original 25 medieval stained glass windows of the ambulatory have survived. The cathedral is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Sculptural detail of the marriage of King Louis VII of France, 1120-80, with Eleanor, duchess of Aquitaine, in 1137, mocking the King by showing Eleanor holding the sceptre representing power, in the Gothic crypt, built c. 1200, in Bourges Cathedral or the Cathedrale Saint-Etienne de Bourges, built 1195-1230 in French Gothic style and consecrated in 1324, in Bourges, Centre-Val de Loire, France. The cathedral is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Effigy and tomb of Duke Jean de Berry, 1340-1416, built 1422-38 by Jean de Cambrai, in the Gothic crypt, built c. 1200, in Bourges Cathedral or the Cathedrale Saint-Etienne de Bourges, built 1195-1230 in French Gothic style and consecrated in 1324, in Bourges, Centre-Val de Loire, France. The Duke is wearing an ermine robe and holding a phylactery, laid on a marble table with his feet resting on a sleeping bear, symbolising strength. The cathedral is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Entombment, c. 1540,  sculptural group donated by canon Jacques Dubreuil, in the Gothic crypt, built c. 1200, in Bourges Cathedral or the Cathedrale Saint-Etienne de Bourges, built 1195-1230 in French Gothic style and consecrated in 1324, in Bourges, Centre-Val de Loire, France. The cathedral is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Calvary, detail, sculptural group with Christ on the cross surrounded by a soldier with a spear and the sponge carrier, with the Virgin Mary and John the Baptist either side, fragment of the original rood screen now in the crypt of Bourges Cathedral or the Cathedrale Saint-Etienne de Bourges, built 1195-1230 in French Gothic style and consecrated in 1324, in Bourges, Centre-Val de Loire, France. Owned by the Musee du Berry and housed in the Louvre until 1994, this sculpture was reworked in the 17th century, especially the body of Christ. The cathedral is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Calvary, detail, sculptural group with Christ on the cross surrounded by a soldier with a spear and the sponge carrier, with the Virgin Mary and John the Baptist either side, fragment of the original rood screen now in the crypt of Bourges Cathedral or the Cathedrale Saint-Etienne de Bourges, built 1195-1230 in French Gothic style and consecrated in 1324, in Bourges, Centre-Val de Loire, France. Owned by the Musee du Berry and housed in the Louvre until 1994, this sculpture was reworked in the 17th century, especially the body of Christ. The cathedral is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Calvary, sculptural group with Christ on the cross surrounded by a soldier with a spear and the sponge carrier, with the Virgin Mary and John the Baptist either side, fragment of the original rood screen now in the crypt of Bourges Cathedral or the Cathedrale Saint-Etienne de Bourges, built 1195-1230 in French Gothic style and consecrated in 1324, in Bourges, Centre-Val de Loire, France. Owned by the Musee du Berry and housed in the Louvre until 1994, this sculpture was reworked in the 17th century, especially the body of Christ. The cathedral is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • The jaws of hell, with sinners entering the open mouth of the Leviathan, fragment from the lateral return of the original rood screen, now in the crypt of Bourges Cathedral or the Cathedrale Saint-Etienne de Bourges, built 1195-1230 in French Gothic style and consecrated in 1324, in Bourges, Centre-Val de Loire, France. The screen fragments are owned by the Musee du Berry and were housed in the Louvre until 1994. The cathedral is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Sculpted capitals with fantastic beasts representing the struggles of vice and virtue, and on the left, Abraham's offering of Isaac, above the column statues on the South portal on the South facade of Bourges Cathedral or the Cathedrale Saint-Etienne de Bourges, built 1195-1230 in French Gothic style and consecrated in 1324, in Bourges, Centre-Val de Loire, France. The sculptures on the South portal date from c. 1160 and were reused from the earlier Romanesque cathedral, with a tympanum of Christ in Majesty and 4 Evangelists and statues of prophets and kings on the columns. The cathedral is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
    LC17_FRANCE_MC_0153.jpg
  • Sculpted capital with fantastic beasts devouring a man, representing the struggles of vice and virtue, above the column statues on the South portal on the South facade of Bourges Cathedral or the Cathedrale Saint-Etienne de Bourges, built 1195-1230 in French Gothic style and consecrated in 1324, in Bourges, Centre-Val de Loire, France. The sculptures on the South portal date from c. 1160 and were reused from the earlier Romanesque cathedral, with a tympanum of Christ in Majesty and 4 Evangelists and statues of prophets and kings on the columns. The cathedral is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
    LC17_FRANCE_MC_0150.jpg
  • Elijah reproaching Ahab for stealing Naboth's vineyard (left), and on the right, Abraham's offering of Isaac, carved capital from above the column statues on the South portal on the South facade of Bourges Cathedral or the Cathedrale Saint-Etienne de Bourges, built 1195-1230 in French Gothic style and consecrated in 1324, in Bourges, Centre-Val de Loire, France. The sculptures on the South portal date from c. 1160 and were reused from the earlier Romanesque cathedral, with a tympanum of Christ in Majesty and 4 Evangelists and statues of prophets and kings on the columns. The cathedral is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Bakers baking bread in the oven in the bakery, donor panel of the stained glass window of John the Evangelist, 1215-25, in bay 22, in the ambulatory of Bourges Cathedral or the Cathedrale Saint-Etienne de Bourges, built 1195-1230 in French Gothic style and consecrated in 1324, in Bourges, Centre-Val de Loire, France. 22 of the original 25 medieval stained glass windows of the ambulatory have survived. The cathedral is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Carpenters at work building a house frame, with one man dressing a beam with an axe and the second man having a drink, detail, donor panel of the stained glass window of Joseph the Patriarch, son of Jacob, 1215-25, in bay 24, in the ambulatory of Bourges Cathedral or the Cathedrale Saint-Etienne de Bourges, built 1195-1230 in French Gothic style and consecrated in 1324, in Bourges, Centre-Val de Loire, France. 22 of the original 25 medieval stained glass windows of the ambulatory have survived. The cathedral is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Blacksmith at work with a hammer, corner sub-panel in the border of the stained glass window of Joseph the Patriarch, son of Jacob, 1215-25, in bay 24, in the ambulatory of Bourges Cathedral or the Cathedrale Saint-Etienne de Bourges, built 1195-1230 in French Gothic style and consecrated in 1324, in Bourges, Centre-Val de Loire, France. 22 of the original 25 medieval stained glass windows of the ambulatory have survived. The cathedral is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Joseph's dream, with 11 sheaves of wheat bowing before him, from the stained glass window of Joseph the Patriarch, son of Jacob, 1215-25, in bay 24, in the ambulatory of Bourges Cathedral or the Cathedrale Saint-Etienne de Bourges, built 1195-1230 in French Gothic style and consecrated in 1324, in Bourges, Centre-Val de Loire, France. 22 of the original 25 medieval stained glass windows of the ambulatory have survived. The cathedral is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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