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Chartres Cathedral w. 16 (Delaport 26) Date: C13 St Margaret & St Catherine This window in 2006 is as per the coloured picture (R). Some of the panels have been reversed since the 1920s. In the CV book they are reversed 22. Catherine is beheaded 21. The queen is buried 19. The emperor (and demon) sentece Catherine to death 20. The queen is martyred 17. The emperor sacrifices the idols 18. The wheel breaks as Catherine prays 16. The converted queen visits Catherine 15. Christ gives the eucharist to Catherine in prison 14. Torturing Catherine 13. Two angels carry the souls of the martyrs 11. Maxence, inspired by a devil gives orders to the torturers 12. The torturer pushes the philosophers into the flames 9. Maxence and the pagan philosophers 10. Catherine inspired by an angel responds 7. St Catherine before the emperor Maxence (note dove) 8. A torturer throws St Catherine into prison 5. Olybrius delivers Margaret to torturers 6. Margaret decapitated 3. St Margaret & angel with the dragon that had devoured her 4. St Margaret & angel fight a demon 1. Donor: Margaret de Leves in front of a statue of the Virgin and Christ Child 2. Donors: Geoffroy de Meslay & Guerin de Friaze