Charlemagne Window Chartres Cathedral, Chartres, France

Construction
Charlemagne orders the construction of a church with flying buttresses, on which masons are shown working. This may represent an expansion of the existing church at Santiago de Compostela or the founding of the monastery church dedicated to Saint Facundus and Saint Primitivus. Stained glass panel 13 of the Charlemagne Window, Chartres Cathedral. Chartres, France. Holly Hayes all photos →

The Charlemagne Window in Chartres Cathedral dates from c. 1225 and depicts stories described in medieval legends of Charlemagne and the Song of Roland. It has a prominent position between the east and northeast chapels of the apse.