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Tour of the website - and how to use it. _____ Page 2

On the left is the whole window - if you click on the image you can see an enlarged image of the whole window. There are 21 panels within the window and those that can be seen in detail have links. For example click on no. 14 and it shows St Peter being led out of prison:- (n.b. the other links have been disabled in this demonstration)

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2. Holy Spirit (modern)

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5. St Peter preaching

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8. St Peter and St John baptising

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11. The resurrection of Tabitha

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14. St Peter led out of prison by an angel

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17. The fall of Simon Magus

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19. "Quo Vadis": Christ with the Cross

20. St Peter and St Paul before the emperor.

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BACKGROUND

and BORDER

details

Poitiers Cathedral

South window on the east wall

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Date: c. 1180: soon after the Crucifixion window



The Story of St Peter (and St Paul). Much restoration and 14 modern panels out of 28 a.t. Grodecki. (The circular panels each comprise 2 panels ).

(Steinheil removed 5 Noah panels, 4 C16 panels and 5 other unreadable panels from here in 1884. All but one of the Noah panels has since disappeared; the survivor is in the Cloisters, New York)

(c) Copyright Painton Cowen 2008