Bay 210 - Bishop-Saints of Mans with donors (the "Tric-trac" window)

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A1 - Donor (Jeanne de Mayenne)
A2 - Unknown bishop-saint of Le Mans

B1 - Men playing chequers ("Jeu de Dames")
B2 - Unknown bishop-saint of Le Mans

C1 - Men playing chequers ("Jeu de Dames")
C2 - Unknown bishop-saint of Le Mans

D1 - Men playing "tric-trac"
D2 - Unknown bishop-saint of Le Mans

E1 - Men playing "tric-trac"
E2 - Unknown bishop-saint of Le Mans

F1 - Jeanne de Mayenne presenting her window, with her two older sisters, Isabelle (d.1257) and Marguerite (d. before 1264)
F2 - Unknown bishop-saint of Le Mans

[G - Censing angel]
H - Censing angel
 I  - Censing angel
[J - Agnes Dei]
[K - Censing angel]
L - Two nimbed saints

For Meredith Lillich's brilliant decoding of the complex pun linking the donor with the curious scenes of game-players in B1-E1, see her article in the Art Bulletin, vol.65, No.1 (Mar 1983), pp.23-33