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P1020596
original (4295078099)
Window 016 - The Virgin Mary
Top to bottom, left to right:
• Row 04: Mary is schooled (note the whipping stick if needed; 2 panels); Mary betrothed to Saint Joseph.
• Row 05: Mary and Joseph married; the Annunciation; The Visitation.
• Row 06: Nativity; Annunciation to Shepherds; Presentaton at the Temple.
• Row 07: Herod consults experts; Adoration of the Magi (2 panels).
• Row 08: Flight into Egypt; Massacre of the Innocents; Herod orders the Massacre.
• Row 09: Jesus Christ with worshipers.
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Chartres West Exterior Slides 074
Chartres, north side, left portal
TYMPANUM
• Adoration of the Magi and then warned not to return to Herod.
LINTEL:
• Left: Nativity
• Right: Angel appears to shepherds.
JAMB FIGURES
• Left: Isaiah (prophet of Christ's coming, now headless), and then Annunciation (Gabriel treading on devil; Mary treading on serpent).
• Right Daniel (another prophet of Christ's coming, outermost) with the Visitation nearer the door (Mary on a burning bush, symbol of the Immaculate Conception and Elizabeth in the middle).
INNER ARCH
• First archivolt: ten angels, lowest two on dragons, the rest on clouds
• Second archivolt: four foolish virgins on left, four foolish on the right
• Third archivolt: bottom on each side contain the other two virgins for a total of ten.
• Third, continued: The four cardinal virtues and equivalent sins are on the left:
† Prudence (open book) with Folly underneath (woman eating a pebble);
† Justice (scales) with Injustice (falsify scales);
† Strength (mail coat)
† Temperence (dove) with Intemperence (uncovering the breast)
• Third, continued: On the right are the three theological virtues and equivalent sins:
† Faith (chalice receiving blood of the Lamb) with Infidelity (eyes bandaged);
† Hope (looks to heaven) with Despair (stabs self);
† Charity (clothes beggar) with Avarice (hoarding gold).
• To provide balance, a fourth virtue is added:
† Humility (dove) with Pride (falling headlong)
• Fourth archivolt: Twelve queens bearing scrolls that at one time bore their names; these are the fruits of the spirit as per Galatians 5:22-23.
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P1020595
original (4295078097)
Window 016 - The Virgin Mary
Top to bottom, left to right:
• Row 01: Vinegrowers as donors; Joachim and Anne spurned by high priest; Count Thibault VI of Champagne; donated at request of the late "Thomas, Count of Perche," who died in the battle of Lincoln (1217) (see also Window 017).
• Row 02: Angel visits Joachim; Joachim and Anne meet at Golden Gate; Angel visits Anne.
• Row 03: They await the fulfillment of the promise; Mary is birthed and bathed (2 panels)
• Row 04: Mary is schooled (note the whipping stick if needed; 2 panels); Mary betrothed to Saint Joseph.
• Row 05: Mary and Joseph married; the Annunciation; The Visitation.
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Chartres West Exterior Slides 083
Chartres, north side, left portal
TYMPANUM
• Adoration of the Magi and then warned not to return to Herod.
Album: Chartres-Cathedral
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Chartres West Exterior Slides 077
Chartres, north side, left portal
TYMPANUM
• Adoration of the Magi and then warned not to return to Herod.
LINTEL:
• Left: Nativity
• Right: Angel appears to shepherds.
ARCH
• First archivolt: ten angels, lowest two on dragons, the rest on clouds
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Chartres West Exterior Slides 073
Chartres, north side, left portal
TYMPANUM
• Adoration of the Magi and then warned not to return to Herod.
LINTEL:
• Left: Nativity
• Right: Angel appears to shepherds.
JAMB FIGURES
• Left: Isaiah (prophet of Christ's coming), and then Annunciation (Gabriel treading on devil; Mary treading on serpent).
• Right Daniel (another prophet of Christ's coming, outermost) with the Visitation nearer the door (Mary on a burning bush, symbol of the Immaculate Conception and Elizabeth).
INNER ARCH:
• First archivolt: ten angels, lowest two on dragons, the rest on clouds
• Second archivolt: four foolish virgins on left, four foolish on the right
• Third archivolt: bottom on each side contain the other two virgins for a total of ten. It then has the virtues with vices underneath each figure.
• Fourth archivolt: Twelve queens bearing scrolls that at one time bore their names; these are the fruits of the spirit as per Galatians 5:22-23.
OUTER ARCH:
• First archivolt: LEFT -- characteristics of a virtuous woman (Proverbs 31:10-31); RIGHT -- characteristics of woman who has chosen the contemplative life;
• Second archivolt: the Beatitudes
GABLE:
• Bishop blesses between two angels
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