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303: 144: 441:, another Roman soldier ready to thrust upward a pole with a sponge. To the right and left of the arms of the Cross in the border appear figures of the sun with a halo of flames and the moon appearing out of green clouds holding a crescent moon in his hands. There is a use of a hierarchal scale in this window. Christ, being the most important figure is the largest, and in diminishing degrees of size and importance appear the Virgin, the Apostles, the centurion, and the sponge-bearer. The bottom register of the window includes a 295: 2287: 2306: 1526: 22: 1538: 445:
design with the crucifixion of Peter at the center. Here, Peter is being crucified upside down with Roman soldiers on ladders on either side of him. Peter asked to be crucified in this manner, as he did not feel worthy to die the same way as Christ. In the upper right panel outside of the quatrefoil
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preserve their stained glass of the 12th and 13th centuries; the end window, the Crucifixion Window contains the figures of Henry II and Eleanor. It was completed in about 1165, making it one of the earliest stained-glass cathedral windows in France. The choir stalls, carved between 1235 and 1257,
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flanked on either side by an aisle. The nave and aisles are almost equal in height and width, all three of which decrease towards the west, thus enhancing the perspective. Its length is 308 feet (94 m), and the keystone of the central vaulted roof is 89 feet (27 m) above the pavement. The
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with a cruciform halo, clothed in a white tunic with wine colored robes with a green border and a blue cloak. In his left hand he holds a yellow book and the right hand is upraised in benediction. On either side of the mandorla is an angel. Each angel raises one of their arms and contorts their
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about to be decapitated, and the bottom lobe, being the donor's lobe, shows King Henry II and Queen Eleanor of Aquitaine. Henry II and Queen Eleanor hold a model of the window. They look upwards to present the window to those that rank above them. The section that the royal couple holds is a
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exterior generally has a heavy appearance. The facade, which is broad relative to its height, has unfinished side-towers 105 feet (32 m) and 110 feet (34 m) tall, begun in the 13th century. an Most of the windows of the choir and the
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panel. In this panel, an abstract, almost nude body of Christ appears nailed to a ruby red cross with a blue border. This representation of the Cross with a leaf border symbolizes the
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coming with staffs and flacons of perfume. On the left upper panel is the Angel of Resurrection seated on a stone bench. In the lobes of the quatrefoil are scenes of
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On the night of 25 December 1681,← the organ was destroyed by fire. It was not until 1770-78 that a campaign was launched to build a replacement.
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bodies to fit and conform around the shape of the mandorla. Below the Ascension panel, but still included in the Ascension scene, are Christ's
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Crucifixion Window, Poitiers Cathedral, stained glass, 12th century. Given by Henry II and Queen Eleanor.
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craning their necks to look upwards at the Ascension. In the middle section of the window is the
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Grinnell, Robert (1946). "Iconography and Philosophy in the Crucifixion Window at Poitiers".
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dressed in yellow clothes and a blue cloak carrying a jeweled book. Next to John is
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19th-century restoration. The quatrefoil panel as a whole represents the idea that
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Architecture du Patrimoine Français- Abbayes, Églises, Cathédrales et Châtaeaux
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Basilica of the Immaculate Conception, Abbey of St Michael of Frigolet
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at Poitiers Cathedral depicts three stories in three registers of the
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Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy of Saint Vladimir the Great of Paris
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The organ of the Cathédrale Saint-Pierre de Poitiers, built by
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athedral Basilica of Our Lady of Grace and the Holy Sepulchre
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Maronite Catholic Eparchy of Our Lady of Lebanon of Paris
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