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Chartres Cathedral w.37 (Delaporte 59) The Redemption window. A typological representation of Old Testament scenes foreshadowing those of the New Testament. Unusually it reads from top to bottom.   (Indicates that the panels are nineteenth century)   4. Christ   5. Onlookers 6. Via Crucis 7. Onlookers with a ladder 9. Crown of thorns 8. Spies & Grapes 11. Gideon & angel 10. Scourging 12. Church 13. Crucifixion 14. Synagogue 17. Moses and the brazen serpent 15. Adam receives Christs blood 18. Jonah flees the Lord 16. The Elders mark the lintel with lamb's blood 19. Sacrifice of Isaac 20. The Taking down from the Cross 21. Sacrifice of Isaac 24. Elisha & the Shunamite's son 22. David with a sroll; and pelican 25. Jacob blesses Joseph's sons 23. Elija and the widow at Zarephath 26. Samson and the gates of Gaza 27. The Annointing of Christ's body 28. David slays a lion 2. Donors Blacksmiths 1. Donors Blacksmiths 3. Donors Blacksmiths