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Chartres west side, right portal, tympanum

• At top: infant Jesus enthroned on Mary's lap flanked by two angels
• Below: presentation at the temple
• Lintel: the Nativity story. (a) At the far left the Annunciation by the angel; (b) next Mary and Elizabeth meeting; (c) then the nativity: Joseph stands to the left, Mary lies on the altar-like bed, with the Infant Jesus on top; finally (d) at the far right, the angel brings glad tidings to the shepherds.

• First archivolt: Pisces (fish), Gemeni (twins), then 6 angels, Music (one of the seven liberal arts), Pythagorus (first defined mathematical relationship of harmonious tones).
• Second archivolt: Aristotle, Dialectic, Cicero, Rhetoric..obscured..then Astronomy, Ptolemy, Grammar, Priscian or Donatus.

Album: Chartres-Cathedral

Categories: Chartres-Cathedral

Tags: #Chartres #france #Infant Jesus #Mary #Nativity #Presentation at the Temple #TCS-photo #angels #Archivolt #calendar of months #cathedral #date estimate #Detail #exterior #liberal arts #restored #Right #tympanum #west side #zodiac

Window 001 - Jesse Tree, detail

King

Prophets who testified of Christ's coming border the window.

Album: Chartres-Cathedral

Categories: Chartres-Cathedral

Tags: #12th century #Chartres #france #Jesse Tree #Solomon #TCS-photo #Unknown figures #Win001 #cathedral #date estimate #Detail #king #prophets #stained glass

Chartres, north side, left portal, detail

LINTEL:
• Nativity

Album: Chartres-Cathedral

Categories: Chartres-Cathedral

Tags: #Chartres #france #Nativity #TCS-photo #cathedral #date estimate #Detail #exterior #Left #north side #tympanum

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

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

Album: Chartres-Cathedral

Categories: Chartres-Cathedral

Tags: #Chartres #france #TCS-photo #Win063 #cathedral #Detail #donors identified #restored #stained glass

Chartres, south side, center, archivolt

Angels leading the redeemed

Album: Chartres-Cathedral

Categories: Chartres-Cathedral

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

Window 038 - Charlemagne

Bottom to top, left to right:

[Conquest of Jerusalem]

• Row 04: Charlemagne defeats Saracens; Charlemange refuses all reward save relics he has found.
• Circle 05: Charlemagne gives relics to the Church.

Album: Chartres-Cathedral

Categories: Chartres-Cathedral

Tags: #Charlemagne #Chartres #Constantine #Constantine's Conquest of Jerusalem #france #TCS-photo #Win038 #cathedral #Detail #relics #restored #stained glass

Chartres, south side, center, archivolt

Last judgment. Angel

Album: Chartres-Cathedral

Categories: Chartres-Cathedral

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

• Window 145E - North side, far right lancet: Aaron above Pharoah, covered by the Red Sea (true priesthood and power over the false).

Album: Chartres-Cathedral

Categories: Chartres-Cathedral

Tags: #Aaron #Chartres #france #Pharoah #Red Sea #TCS-photo #Win145E #cathedral #Detail #donors identified #lancet window #north side #stained glass

Chartres west side, right portal, tympanum

• First archivolt: angels.
• Second archivolt: Astronomy (looking upward), Boethius or Pythagorus, Arithmetic.

Album: Chartres-Cathedral

Categories: Chartres-Cathedral

Tags: #Chartres #france #TCS-photo #Archivolt #cathedral #date estimate #Detail #exterior #liberal arts #Right #west side

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

• Circle 05: Christ, with Alpha and Omega.

Album: Chartres-Cathedral

Categories: Chartres-Cathedral

Tags: #Chartres #france #Jesus Christ #Saint Leobinus #Saint Libin #TCS-photo #Win063 #alpha and omega #cathedral #Detail #restored #stained glass