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Chartres, north portal, center portal

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Album: Chartres-Cathedral

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Chartres, north side, center portal

INNER ARCH

• Eighth archivolt: Creation and Fall.

(15) Adam and Eve hide
(16) God appears to judge Adam and Eve's sin

Album: Chartres-Cathedral

Categories: Chartres-Cathedral

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

Chartres, south side, center, archivolt

Last judgment. King

Album: Chartres-Cathedral

Categories: Chartres-Cathedral

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

South Porch

Portals (L - R)
• Bay of the Martyrs
• Central Bay (Christ)
• Bay of the Confessors

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Tags: #Chartres #france #TCS-photo #cathedral #Center #date estimate #exterior #Right #south side #unrestored

Album: Chartres-Cathedral

Categories: Chartres-Cathedral

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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.

(10) Creation of Eve -- also with naming of animals, as Adam named Eve.
(11) Four rivers out of Eden [waterpots]

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

JAMB FIGURES

Left:

• Melchizedek - wearing crown, with bread and wine (which he gave Abraham; prefigures the Eucharist). Lamb beneath.
• Abraham - looks up at angel halting the sacrifice of Isaac. Ram beneath.

Album: Chartres-Cathedral

Categories: Chartres-Cathedral

Tags: #Abraham #Chartres #Eucharist #france #Isaac #Jamb figures #Melchizedek #Sacrifice of Isaac #TCS-photo #angels #cathedral #Center #exterior #north side #Ram #restored #sculpture

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 #Jamb figures #John the Baptist #Saint Peter #Simeon #TCS-photo #cathedral #Center #date estimate #exterior #north side

Chartres, north side, center portal

JAMB FIGURES

Left:
• Elisha (Far left) - Shumanite woman beneath.
• Melchizedek - wearing crown, with bread and wine (which he gave Abraham; prefigures the Eucharist). Lamb beneath.
• Abraham - looks up at angel halting the sacrifice of Isaac. Ram beneath.
• Moses - with brazen serpent on the pole, symbol of Christ's crucifixion. Golden calf beneath.
• Samuel - sacrifices a lamb.
• King David - carries instruments of the Passion, which his Psalm 22 foretold. Beneath lion of Judah.

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Album: Chartres-Cathedral

Categories: Chartres-Cathedral

Tags: #Abraham #Chartres #Elijah #Elisha #Eucharist #france #Isaac #Melchizedek #Moses #Sacrifice of Isaac #Shumanite woman #TCS-photo #angels #cathedral #Center #exterior #north side #Ram #restored #sculpture

Chartres, north side, center portal

JAMB FIGURES

Left:

• Melchizedek - wearing crown, with bread and wine (which he gave Abraham; prefigures the Eucharist). Lamb beneath.

Album: Chartres-Cathedral

Categories: Chartres-Cathedral

Tags: #Chartres #Eucharist #france #Jamb figures #Melchizedek #TCS-photo #cathedral #Center #exterior #north side #restored #sculpture