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CIAO ADRIANO
Zodiac Window - Chartres Cathedral September 2007
Back to Ciao Adriano Chartres Cathedral Page
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Zodiac Signs and Monthly Activities - Chartres Cathedral South Ambulatory Window (c1217)
Where there are two images on the same level, the right one shows the zodiac sign, and the left one the typical activity of that time of year.
The central images are split - Zodiac sign on the right, activity on the left.
Start reading the window from the bottom
Look at some individual frames
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Capricorn December
December 22 - January 20 (December 22 2007 - Winter Solstice) La Capricorne (The Sea Goat) Illustrated by a good solo feast
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Sagittarius November
November 23 December 21
Illustrated by an activity labelled "December" - pig killing says the explanation (but we think it could be or could be acorn gathering)
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Scorpio October
October 24 November 22 Le Scorpion (The Scorpion) Illustrated by pouring (wine) into a barrel
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Libra September
September 23 October 23 (September 23 2007 - Autumn Equinox) Le Balance (The Scales) Illustrated by treading grapes
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Virgo August
August 24 September 22 La Vierge (The Virgin) Illustrated by threshing corn
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Leo July
July 23 August 23 Le Lion (The Lion)
Illustrated by scything crops
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Cancer June
June 22 July 22 (June 21 2007 - Summer Solstice) Le Cancer (The Crab) Illustrated by mowing / scything (grass)
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Taurus April
April 21 May 21 (Le Taureau) The Bull Illustrated by April flowers
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Gemini May
May 22 June 21 Les Gιmeaux (The Twins) Illustrated by a knight hawking (we can't see this one either)
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Aries March
March 21 April 20 (March 21 2007 - Spring Equinox) Le Bιlier (The Ram) Illustrated by pruning vines
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Pisces February
February 19 March 20 Les Poissons (The Fishes)
Illustrated by a man warming his feet in front of a fire
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Aquarius January
January 21 February 18 Le Verseau (The Water Carrier)
Illustrated by 3 heads (past present future) - well that's what they say - we haven't got it yet!
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Window Donors
L - The vine growers
R - Count Thibault VI of Champagne, on behalf of Thomas, Count of Perche, killed at the battle of Lincoln, 1217
plus a bell-ringer and two onlookers in the middle
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Sagittarius struts his stuff in the Zodiac window - in addition to this there are two other Zodiac / Labours of the Month cycles - one in the West Porch, the other in the North
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More individual frames will be put up on a special page as we find time
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