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new : la
belle époque 
on first arriving in France
- driving
Motorway Aires
France is not England
Marianne - a French national symbol,
with French definitive stamps
the calendar of the French
Revolution
viaduct de Millau
the 6th
bridge at Rouen: Pont Gustave Flaubert,
new vertical lift bridge
the forest
as seen by francois mauriac, and today 
places and
playtime
roundabout art of
Les Landes
50 years old:
Citroën DS
the Citroën 2CV:
a French motoring icon
Grand Palais, Paris
Marianne - a French national symbol, with French definitive stamps
the calendar of the French
Revolution
Motorway Aires
le pique-nique
Hermès scarves
bastide towns
mardi gras! carnival in Basque country
what a hair cut! m & french pop/rock
country life in France: the poultry
fair
the greatest show on Earth - the Tour
de France
short biography of Pierre
(Peter) Abelard
Cathedrals 3: Poitiers,
neglected masterpiece
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Introduction
As well as the masterpiece of the main East window at Poitiers Cathedral,
there are fourteen story windows dated from the thirteenth to the fifteenth
century. There are also four important grisaille
windows further back in the church.
the main east window,
Cathedral of St. Peter, Poitiers
(end of the 12th century)
The
‘ascension’ of Jesus, with two angels
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different areas of the image section below for information, see notes for
more details.[1]
Crucifixion
of Jesus
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different areas of the image section below for information, see notes for
more details.[2]
Crucifixion
of Peter
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different areas of the image section below for information, see notes for
more details.[3]
Story window showing
Lot (left side) and Abraham (right side)
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different areas of the image below for information, see notes for more details.[4]
Here the story of Lot and his wife who turns to a pillar
of salt is shown, as well that of the life of Abraham. (Lot was Abraham’s
nephew.)
Notes
- Jesus, flanked by two angels
- INRI: Iesus Nazarus Rex Iudeorum -
Top panes (left and right): the Apostles
Label: Jesus of Nazarus King of the Jews, notice allegedly attatched
to the cross by a Roman soldier.
In centre, on cross: Jesus
To Jesus’s right (our left): Mary, his mother; a Roman soldier
with a spear.
To Jesus’s left (our right): A Roman soldier with a vinegar-soaked
swab on a spear; John the evangelist (Jesus’s best friend), unbearded
and holding his gospel.
- Central pane: Crucifixion of Peter. Not thinking himself
worthy of a similar death as Jesus, Peter asked to be crucified upsidedown.
Roman soldiers with ladders on either side.
To left of central pane: Emperor Nero condemns the Apostles.
To right of central pane: Paul, blindfolded, held and beaten by a soldier.
At beneath central pane: Royal donors to the Cathedral
of this stained glass, believed to be Henry Plantagenet and his wife,
Eleanor of Aquitaine (the inscriptions - to left and
right - are now unreadable).
- Left column of window shows the story
of Lot, Abraham’s nephew. The story reads from bottom (full pane
1) to top (pane 6) :
Pane 3: Lot (labelled) gives hospitality to two angels disguised as men.
Pane 4: Angel warning Lot to leave Sodom.
Pane 5: Lot's wife starts to turn into a pillar of salt as she looks back
at Sodom.
On the border of the Dead Sea, the guides will point to one or another column
and tell you that it is Lot’s wife.
Pane 6: Lot escapes with the rest of his family.
Right column of window shows the
life of Abraham, again reading from bottom to top:
Pane 1: Abram labelled (Abraham’s original name).
Pane 4: Sarah presents Abraham with a son (?)
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