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Album: Chartres-Cathedral

Categories: Chartres-Cathedral

Tags: #Chartres #france #TCS-photo #cathedral #Center #craftsmen #exterior #Left #night #restored #Right #rose window #south side

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, 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

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Album: Chartres-Cathedral

Categories: Chartres-Cathedral

Tags: #Chartres #france #TCS-photo #cathedral #Center #distance view #exterior #Left #restored #Right #west side

Chartres, north side, center portal

JAMB FIGURES

Right:

• Simeon - testified of Christ at the Presentation at the Temple, holds the infant Christ.
• John the Baptist - note coat of camel hair, and he points to the lamb of God. Dragon beneath.
• Peter - dressed as pope, the continuity with Melchizedek, his opposite on the left. He stands on the rock.

Album: Chartres-Cathedral

Categories: Chartres-Cathedral

Tags: #Chartres #france #Infant Jesus #Jamb figures #John the Baptist #Peter #Simeon #TCS-photo #cathedral #Center #dragon #exterior #north side #restored #sculpture

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, right portal. These are OT types or prefigurements of Christ.

JAMB Figures

Right:

• Judith, standing on dog as symbol of fidelity;

Album: Chartres-Cathedral

Categories: Chartres-Cathedral

Tags: #Chartres #france #Jamb figures #Judith #TCS-photo #cathedral #Center #Detail #dog #north side #restored #Right

Chartres, north side, center portal

Right:

• Simeon - testified of Christ at the Presentation at the Temple, holds the infant Christ.

Album: Chartres-Cathedral

Categories: Chartres-Cathedral

Tags: #Chartres #france #Infant Jesus #Jamb figures #Simeon #TCS-photo #cathedral #Center #exterior #north side #restored #sculpture

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 hide
(16) God appears seeking Adam and Eve

Album: Chartres-Cathedral

Categories: Chartres-Cathedral

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