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Chartres, north side, center portal

JAMB FIGURES

Right:
• Isaiah - hold flowering stem, the "rod out of Jesse." Jessee beneath.

Album: Chartres-Cathedral

Categories: Chartres-Cathedral

Tags: #Chartres #france #Isaiah #Jamb figures #Rod of Jesse #TCS-photo #cathedral #Center #exterior #north side #restored #sculpture

Chartres, north side, center portal

JAMB FIGURES, detail

Right:
• Isaiah - hold flowering stem, the "rod out of Jesse." Jessee beneath asleep.

Album: Chartres-Cathedral

Categories: Chartres-Cathedral

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

Album: Chartres-Cathedral

Categories: Chartres-Cathedral

Tags: #Chartres #france #TCS-photo #cathedral #Center #date estimate #exterior #Left #north side #Right

Album: Chartres-Cathedral

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Tags: #Chartres #france #TCS-photo #Archivolt #cathedral #Center #Detail #exterior #restored #resurrection #sculpture #south side #the damned

Chartres, north side, center portal

JAMB FIGURES

Right:
• Elijah (Far Right) - on his chariot of fire. Beneath is Elisha.

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Album: Chartres-Cathedral

Categories: Chartres-Cathedral

Tags: #Chartres #Elijah #Elisha #france #TCS-photo #cathedral #Center #exterior #north side #restored #sculpture #stone reliefs

Chartres, north side, center portal

JAMB FIGURES

• Elijah (Far Right) - on his chariot of fire. Beneath Elisha.

Album: Chartres-Cathedral

Categories: Chartres-Cathedral

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

Chartres west side, central portal, tympanum

• In the lintel two of the twelve apostles to their right stands Enoch.
• First archevolt: Angels.
• Second archevolt: Two of the 24 Elders of the Apocalypse (Revelations 4:4).

Album: Chartres-Cathedral

Categories: Chartres-Cathedral

Tags: #24 Elders of the Apocalypse #Chartres #Enoch #france #TCS-photo #angels #apostles #Archivolt #cathedral #Center #date estimate #Detail #exterior #west side

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Album: Chartres-Cathedral

Categories: Chartres-Cathedral

Tags: #Chartres #france #TCS-photo #cathedral #Center #date estimate #exterior #king #Right #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.
• 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: #Chartres #france #Jamb figures #King David #Moses #Samuel #TCS-photo #cathedral #Center #date estimate #exterior #north side

Chartres, north side, center portal

INNER ARCH

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

(4) Creation of plants

Note cruciform nimbus, identifying creator as Christ.

Album: Chartres-Cathedral

Categories: Chartres-Cathedral

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