Stained glass window, Ambulatory, Bourges Cathedral

The Jewish man leaving Jerusalem for Jericho, with 2 doors, the terrestrial Jerusalem red door is closed, whereas the two blue door panels of the heavenly Jesusalem are wide open to welcome the saved man, from the stained glass window of the Parable of the Good Samaritan, 1215-25, in bay 13, in the ambulatory of Bourges Cathedral or the Cathedrale Saint-Etienne de Bourges, built 1195-1230 in French Gothic style and consecrated in 1324, in Bourges, Centre-Val de Loire, France. 22 of the original 25 medieval stained glass windows of the ambulatory have survived. The cathedral is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen

Picture No

13436948

Media ID

45367303

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5315px x 5156px (9.2MB)

Credit

Manuel Cohen / Mary Evans

Source

Photograph by Manuel Cohen