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Chartres, south side, center, archivolt

Last judgment. Angels

Album: Chartres-Cathedral

Categories: Chartres-Cathedral

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

Chartres, south side, center, archivolt

Last judgment. King

Album: Chartres-Cathedral

Categories: Chartres-Cathedral

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

Chartres, south side, center, archivolt

Angels leading one of the redeemed, recently resurrected. Abraham's bosom.

Album: Chartres-Cathedral

Categories: Chartres-Cathedral

Tags: #Abraham's bosom #Chartres #france #TCS-photo #angels #Archivolt #cathedral #Center #Detail #last judgment #redeemed #resurrection #south side #unrestored

Chartres, west side, left door

• First archivolt (inner): March with pruning vines (top), June with mowing hay.
• Second archivolt: Virgo, Sagittarius December with feasting [only heads of man and woman feasting are visible].

Album: Chartres-Cathedral

Categories: Chartres-Cathedral

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

Chartres, north side, center portal

INNER ARCH

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

Note cruciform nimbus, identifying creator as Christ.

(8) Garden of Eden.

Album: Chartres-Cathedral

Categories: Chartres-Cathedral

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

Chartres, north side, center portal

INNER ARCH

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

(12) & (13) Adam happy in Eden, sleeping, and apart while Eve is tempted

Album: Chartres-Cathedral

Categories: Chartres-Cathedral

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

Chartres, west side, left door

• Tympanum - Christ ascending into heaven. Angels lean down to ask the apostles "Ye men of Gallilee, why stand ye gazing up into heaven?"
• Archivolts - zodiac alternating with the tasks for each month
• Jamb figures - all unknown OT individuals except Moses on the right.

Album: Chartres-Cathedral

Categories: Chartres-Cathedral

Tags: #Chartres #france #Jamb figures #TCS-photo #Archivolt #cathedral #date estimate #exterior #Left #lintel #tympanum #west side

Chartres, south side, center, archivolt

Last judgment. Angel

Album: Chartres-Cathedral

Categories: Chartres-Cathedral

Tags: #Chartres #france #TCS-photo #angels #Archivolt #cathedral #Center #Detail #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.

(12) & (13) Adam and Even happy in Eden
(14) Temptation

Album: Chartres-Cathedral

Categories: Chartres-Cathedral

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

Chartres, west side, left door

• Tympanum - Christ ascending into heaven. Angels lean down to ask the apostles "Ye men of Gallilee, why stand ye gazing up into heaven?"
• Archivolts - zodiac alternating with the tasks for each month
• Jamb figures - all unknown OT individuals except Moses on the right.

Album: Chartres-Cathedral

Categories: Chartres-Cathedral

Tags: #Chartres #france #Jamb figures #Moses #TCS-photo #Archivolt #calendar of months #cathedral #date estimate #exterior #Left #lintel #tympanum #west side