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Chartres, south side, center, archivolt

Last judgment, demons with the damned.

Album: Chartres-Cathedral

Categories: Chartres-Cathedral

Tags: #Chartres #france #TCS-photo #Archivolt #cathedral #Center #damned #Detail #devils and demons #hell #last judgment #south side #unrestored

Chartres, north side, center portal

INNER ARCH

• Eighth archivolt: Creation and Fall [bottom to top]

Note cruciform nimbus, identifying creator as Christ.

(18) Adam delves; Eve spins while God blesses their work;

Album: Chartres-Cathedral

Categories: Chartres-Cathedral

Tags: #Adam #Chartres #Eve #france #TCS-photo #Archivolt #cathedral #Center #creation #fall #north side #restored

Chartres west side, central portal, left hand side archivolt

First archivolt: angels
Second and third archivolts: 24 Elders of the Apocalypse (Rev 4:4).

Album: Chartres-Cathedral

Categories: Chartres-Cathedral

Tags: #24 Elders of the Apocalypse #Chartres #france #TCS-photo #angels #Archivolt #cathedral #Center #date estimate #Detail #exterior #west side

Chartres, south side, center, archivolt

Last judgment. Angels and the redeemed.

Album: Chartres-Cathedral

Categories: Chartres-Cathedral

Tags: #Chartres #france #TCS-photo #angels #Archivolt #cathedral #Center #Detail #last judgment #redeemed #south side #unrestored

Chartres west side, right portal

• First archivolt: Pisces (fish)
• Second archivolt: Aristotle

Album: Chartres-Cathedral

Categories: Chartres-Cathedral

Tags: #Chartres #france #TCS-photo #Archivolt #cathedral #liberal arts #restored #Right #west side

Chartres, north side, center portal

INNER ARCH

• Eighth archivolt: Creation and Fall [bottom to top]

(1) Creation of heaven and earth;
(2) Creation of day and night [can't see]. Left figure likely not divine since no nimbus, but instead is the author of Genesis;

Album: Chartres-Cathedral

Categories: Chartres-Cathedral

Tags: #Chartres #france #TCS-photo #Archivolt #cathedral #Center #creation #fall #north side #restored #Right

Chartres, west side, left door

† First - INNER (left around to right)

• Capricorn, January with two faces.

† OUTER (left around to right)

• Libra, October with pruning fruit trees?

Album: Chartres-Cathedral

Categories: Chartres-Cathedral

Tags: #Chartres #france #TCS-photo #Archivolt #calendar of months #cathedral #date estimate #Detail #exterior #Left #west side #zodiac

Album: Chartres-Cathedral

Categories: Chartres-Cathedral

Tags: #Chartres #france #TCS-photo #Archivolt #cathedral #Center #Detail #exterior #last judgment #new imports #restored #resurrection #sculpture #south side #stone reliefs #the damned

Chartres, north side, center portal

INNER ARCH

• Eighth archivolt: Creation and Fall [bottom to top]

Note cruciform nimbus, identifying creator as Christ.

(3) Creation of firmament
(4) Creation of plants
(5) Creation of sun and moon

Album: Chartres-Cathedral

Categories: Chartres-Cathedral

Tags: #Chartres #france #TCS-photo #Archivolt #cathedral #center portal #creation #fall #north side #restored

• Eighth archivolt: Creation and Fall [bottom to top]

Note cruciform nimbus, identifying creator as Christ.

(7) Creation of animals.

Album: Chartres-Cathedral

Categories: Chartres-Cathedral

Tags: #Adam #Chartres #Eve #france #TCS-photo #Archivolt #cathedral #Center #creation #fall #north side #restored