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Tours cathedral - North rose window - w219

End C13 early C14. At the centre was originally the Virgin, but she was displaced when the prop was put in (C14); she is now in the outer circle at 11.0 o'clock.The four Evangelists are in the corners. In the first circle from centre are 14 saint/martyrs; in the 2nd circle are 26 prophets; in the 3rd circle are 14 ancestors of Christ and Elders of the Apocalypse.

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