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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, detail

• Abraham - looks up at angel halting the sacrifice of Isaac. Ram beneath.

Album: Chartres-Cathedral

Categories: Chartres-Cathedral

Tags: #Chartres #france #Isaac #Sacrifice of Isaac #TCS-photo #cathedral #Center #Detail #exterior #north side #restored #sculpture

Window 176 - West Rose - Last Judgment (restored, detail)

• Center: Christ enthroned in glory, displaying his wounds. Four beasts and angels surround him.
• First circle: Twelve apostles, with Abraham's bosom at 12 o'clock, and the judgment (weighing of souls) at 6 o'clock. Note the angel to the left and devil to the right.
• Outer circle: Starting from the 12:30 position, and proceeding clockwise (each circle on the right is paired with one on the left). (1, 12) Instruments of the passion; (2, 11) angels blow trumps; (3, 10) the resurrected dead awaiting judgment; (4,5,8,9) resurrection of the dead (naked, having just come from their graves); (6,7) hell (at the bottom of the circle, naturally enough).

Album: Chartres-Cathedral

Categories: Chartres-Cathedral

Tags: #Abraham #Abraham's bosom #Chartres #france #TCS-photo #Win176 #angels #cathedral #Detail #devils and demons #hell #instruments of the passion #last judgment #restoration in progress #restored #resurrection #rose window #stained glass #west side

Left Portal

South porch, left portal.

Jamb Figures (L to R) from left side of left portal

Saint Maurice [13th century, from period of porch addition]

Album: Chartres-Cathedral

Categories: Chartres-Cathedral

Tags: #Chartres #france #Jamb figures #Saint Maurice #TCS-photo #cathedral #Detail #exterior #Left #martyrs #restored #sculpture #south side

Window 176 - West Rose - Last Judgment (restored, detail)

• Center: Christ enthroned in glory, displaying his wounds. Four beasts and angels surround him.
• First circle: Twelve apostles, with Abraham's bosom at 12 o'clock, and the judgment (weighing of souls) at 6 o'clock. Note the angel to the left and devil to the right.
• Outer circle: Starting from the 12:30 position, and proceeding clockwise (each circle on the right is paired with one on the left). (1, 12) Instruments of the passion; (2, 11) angels blow trumps; (3, 10) the resurrected dead awaiting judgment; (4,5,8,9) resurrection of the dead (naked, having just come from their graves); (6,7) hell (at the bottom of the circle, naturally enough).

Album: Chartres-Cathedral

Categories: Chartres-Cathedral

Tags: #Abraham #Abraham's bosom #Chartres #france #TCS-photo #Win176 #angels #cathedral #Detail #devils and demons #hell #instruments of the passion #last judgment #restoration in progress #restored #resurrection #rose window #stained glass #west side

Chartres, south side, center, archivolt

Last judgment, demons with the damned.

Album: Chartres-Cathedral

Categories: Chartres-Cathedral

Tags: #Chartres #france #TCS-photo #Archivolt #cathedral #Center #damned #Detail #devils and demons #hell #last judgment #south side #unrestored

Chartres, south side, center, lintel [detail]

Beneath Christ is the resurrection. The redeemed (to Christ's right, our left) prepare for glory.

To his left, the demons take the wicked to hell. Angels above them drive them with sword and shield.

Album: Chartres-Cathedral

Categories: Chartres-Cathedral

Tags: #Chartres #france #TCS-photo #cathedral #Center #damned #Detail #devils and demons #hell #last judgment #lintel #south side #unrestored

Window 059 - Symbolic Window, Typology of the Passion of Christ (restored, detail)

NB: Read TOP to BOTTOM, unlike most windows. Some are modern (marked *).

• Row 12: (Bottom row): Blacksmiths as donors.

Album: Chartres-Cathedral

Categories: Chartres-Cathedral

Tags: #Chartres #france #TCS-photo #Win059 #cathedral #Detail #donors identified #restored #stained glass

Window 063 - Saint Lubin / Leobinus (restored, detail)

• Row 01: Wine cryers or tavern keepers offering wine for sale.
• Surrounding border: Wine cryers or tavern keepers offering wine for sale.

Album: Chartres-Cathedral

Categories: Chartres-Cathedral

Tags: #Chartres #france #Jesus Christ #Nileffus #Saint Avil in Perche #Saint Avitus #Saint Leobinus #Saint Lubin #TCS-photo #Win063 #alpha and omega #bishop #cathedral #Detail #devils and demons #donors identified #exorcism #monastery #monk #reading #restored #stained glass

Jamb Figures (L to R) from right side of left portal

• Saint George [13th century, from period of porch addition]

Album: Chartres-Cathedral

Categories: Chartres-Cathedral

Tags: #Chartres #france #Jamb figures #Saint George #TCS-photo #cathedral #Detail #exterior #Left #restored #sculpture #south side