Chartres, south side, center, archivolt
Last judgment. Angels
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Zodiac / Labours of the Months
Chartres, west side, left door, archivolt (bottom to top description)
• First archivolt (inner): January with two faces, Capricorn, February with warming self before fire.
• Second archivolt (outer): October with knocking down acorns, Libra, November with pig slaughter.
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Chartres, north side, center portal
INNER ARCH
• Eighth archivolt: Creation and Fall [bottom to top]
(3) Creation of firmament
Note cruciform nimbus, identifying creator as Christ.
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Chartres West Exterior Slides 037
Chartres west side, right portal, tympanum
• First archivolt: angels.
• Second archivolt: Euclid, Geometry.
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Chartres, north side, center portal
INNER ARCH
• Eighth archivolt: Creation and Fall [bottom to top]
Note cruciform nimbus, identifying creator as Christ.
(15) Adam and Eve make fig leaf aprons
(16) God appears to judge Adam and Eve's sin (also carrying book as previous when he gave them law in the garden)
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Chartres, North side, right portal
INNER ARCH
• Third archivolt: life of Esther
Left:
† Ahasuerus speaks with Haman and Mordecai;
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Chartres, north side, center portal
INNER ARCH
• Eighth archivolt: Creation and Fall [bottom to top]
(5) Creation of sun and moon
Note cruciform nimbus, identifying creator as Christ.
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