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South side, east end.

Portals (L - R)
• Bay of the Martyrs [not shown]
• Central Bay (Christ)
• Bay of the Confessors

Album: Chartres-Cathedral

Categories: Chartres-Cathedral

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

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

JAMB Figures
Left:
• Balaam on his ass;

Album: Chartres-Cathedral

Categories: Chartres-Cathedral

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

Album: Chartres-Cathedral

Categories: Chartres-Cathedral

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

Album: Chartres-Cathedral

Categories: Chartres-Cathedral

Tags: #Abraham's bosom #Chartres #france #TCS-photo #cathedral #Center #Detail #exterior #restored #resurrection #sculpture #south side #the elect

Chartres, north side, center portal

INNER ARCH

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

(14) Temptation [with Satan/serpent coiled around tree]

Album: Chartres-Cathedral

Categories: Chartres-Cathedral

Tags: #Chartres #france #TCS-photo #arch #cathedral #Center #Detail #fall #north side #restored

Chartres, north side, center portal

JAMB FIGURES

Right:
• Isaiah - hold flowering stem, the "rod out of Jesse." Jessee beneath.
• Jeremiah - with Greek cross
• 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 (partial).

Album: Chartres-Cathedral

Categories: Chartres-Cathedral

Tags: #Chartres #france #TCS-photo #cathedral #Center #exterior #north side #restored #sculpture

Chartres, south side, center, archivolt

Last judgment. Abraham's bosom.

Album: Chartres-Cathedral

Categories: Chartres-Cathedral

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

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, north side, center portal

JAMB FIGURES

Left:

• Moses - with brazen serpent on the pole, symbol of Christ's crucifixion. Golden calf beneath.

Album: Chartres-Cathedral

Categories: Chartres-Cathedral

Tags: #Chartres #france #Jamb figures #Moses #TCS-photo #brazen serpent #cathedral #Center #exterior #golden calf #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.

(9) Creation of Adam -- note is at the summit

Album: Chartres-Cathedral

Categories: Chartres-Cathedral

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