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Sens Cathedral is particularly well-endowed with a vast variety of glasswork, that traces the history of stained glass throughout the ages.
Firstly should be mentioned the four famous windows from the early 13th century that light the North ambulatory.
Here you can see the martyrdom of the Archbishop of Canterbury, Saint Thomas à Becket, the life of Saint Eustache, patron saint of hunters, and two parables from Luke,
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the Prodigal Son and in particular the Good Samaritan. This tells the parable in three episodes symbolising the three stages of the Fall, the Law, and the Incarnation.
Another major set of windows dating from the early 16th century can be see in the two arms of the transept.
To the south, works by the master glassworkers from Troyes, the Tree of Jesse, the life of Saint Nicholas and the immense, six-branch rose window depicting the Last Judgement, topped by the martyrdom of Saint Etienne.
To the north, the Sénonais glassworkers have depicted the history of the Patriarchs and illustrated sixteen prelate saints from Sens: note in particular the splendid, 5-branch rose window of the Heavenly Concert presenting angels playing all the early-Renaissance musical instruments.
Mention should also be made of the stained-glass window dating from the 1530s, in the lower, southern side of the nave, depicting Saint Eutrope, the first Bishop of Saintes, and in the Chapelle du Sacré Coeur (Sacred Heart Chapel), the Sybille de Tibur window showing the Emperor Augustus the Virgin and Child in heaven.
Note also the 17th century stained-glass window of the eight Patron saints (four men and four women), and the 18th century window of Christ on the Cross.
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Enjoy the other stained-glass windows in the Cathedral by taking the guided tour of the tower.
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