Archives

IMG 5199

IMG 5199

Chartres, north side, center portal

INNER ARCH

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

(12) & (13) Adam and Even happy in Eden (Adam sleep at top, possible name animals to the right)

(14) Temptation [note serpent coiled round tree next to eat, Adan is the archivolt to the right and downward]

(15) Adam and Eve hide

Album: Chartres-Cathedral

Categories: Chartres-Cathedral

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

P1020653

P1020653

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.

Album: Chartres-Cathedral

Categories: Chartres-Cathedral

Tags: #Abraham #Chartres #Elisha #Eucharist #france #Isaac #Jesus Christ #King David #Melchizedek #Moses #Passion #Sacrifice of Isaac #Samuel #Shumanite woman #TCS-photo #brazen serpent #cathedral #Center #exterior #golden calf #lion of Judah #north side #Ram #restored #sculpture #stone reliefs

DSC06923

DSC06923

Chartres, north side, center portal, night illumination

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.
• 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 #Greek cross #Isaiah #John the Baptist #Peter #TCS-photo #cathedral #Center #exterior #night #north side #restored

Chartres West Exterior Slides 099

Chartres West Exterior Slides 099

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.

Album: Chartres-Cathedral

Categories: Chartres-Cathedral

Tags: #Chartres #france #Isaiah #Jamb figures #Jeremiah #Simeon #TCS-photo #cathedral #Center #date estimate #exterior #north side