glass

During the June 1940 air raids, most of the windows - both the 15-16th century ones and those that had been put up in the 19th century to take the place of the destructions of the Revolution - were shattered.
Two restoration campaigns were undertaken, one in the 1970s par Mr Bony, the second in the years 90 by Mr Hermet and Ms Juteau in order to provide again the Collegiate Church with a full set of stained glass.

Here are the main windows made by Bony glassshop:

The west rose

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Analysis of the
tracery pattern of the medieval rose window

This window, put up in 1975, and imitating the 15th century one in the nearby chapel (number 3 on the map below; see also the 16th c. page), recalls two former churches of Vernon (St Genevieve and St James) that were destroyed during the Revolution and from which nothing remains except the names of two streets.

Ste Genevieve was the heroin of the siege of Paris by the Huns in the 5th century when she braced up Parisians' courage.
If you look closely, you may recognize Le Pont Neuf (New Bridge) and Notre-Dame cathedral - two well-known sights of Paris- in the left lancet.

The right lancets evoke St James. Naturally, several scallop shells decorate the window.
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