[P 005 / Mary Magdalene] held a prominent position in Western theology, representing the repentant sinner. The window shows the life of Mary, from the time when she meets Jesus in the house of Simon the Pharisee and is forgiven her sins (shown in the left-hand corner of the bottom round window), to her death and acceptance into heaven (shown in the upper-most round window). Also depicted is the Miracle of the Resurrection of Lazarus and the meeting of Mary with the resurrected Jesus.
Mary Magdalene was the subject of many French medieval legends, one of which is shown in the windows below the top round window. In this legend, Mary was sent away in a boat by infidels with Lazarus and her sister Martha, St Maximin and other Christians. Their boat landed in Provence where St Maximin later became Bishop of Aix-en-Provence. Mary became a hermit on a mountain called Sainte-Baume, which was near Marseille, and died there.
This window is particularly beautiful, using a lot of blue glass, with each of the round windows surrounded by a [G 12 / fleur de lys] design making a beautiful symmetrical pattern around the border. The window was donated by the water carriers' guild who are depicted in the bottom three windows emptying jugs of water.
