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Chartres west side, central portal, left hand side (L - R)
• Unknown OT figure
• Unknown OT figure
• Unknown OT figure

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Album: Chartres-Cathedral

Categories: Chartres-Cathedral

Tags: #Chartres #france #Jamb figures #TCS-photo #Unknown figures #cathedral #Center #exterior #stone reliefs #west side

Chartres west side, left portal, left hand side

• Detail below figure beside door.

Album: Chartres-Cathedral

Categories: Chartres-Cathedral

Tags: #Chartres #france #Jamb figures #TCS-photo #cathedral #date estimate #Detail #exterior #Left #west side

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

JAMB Figures

Right:

• Joseph who was sold into Egypt, standing on Potipher's wife to whom the devil whispers.

Album: Chartres-Cathedral

Categories: Chartres-Cathedral

Tags: #Chartres #france #Jamb figures #Joseph son of Jacob #Potiphor's wife #Satan #TCS-photo #cathedral #Center #Detail #north side #restored #Right #serpent

Left Portal

South porch, left portal.

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

Saint John [deacon's dress]

Album: Chartres-Cathedral

Categories: Chartres-Cathedral

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

Chartres, north side, center portal

JAMB FIGURES

Left:
• Elisha (Far left) - Shumanite woman beneath.

Album: Chartres-Cathedral

Categories: Chartres-Cathedral

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

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

• Paul (note the omnipresent baldness) with sword, instrument of his beheading.
• St. John (no beard, young, dressed as priest; has book in left hand and broken palm--symbol of chastity--in the right.) Stands on a man offering cup of serpents, cf miracle he performed.
• St. James the Greater (of Peter, James, and John). Has belt of shells--the "coquilles St. Jacques" [scallops] were his symbol and often worn by pilgrims.
• St James the Less
• St. Bartholomew (broken flaying knife; instrument of his martyrdom).

Album: Chartres-Cathedral

Categories: Chartres-Cathedral

Tags: #Chartres #france #Jamb figures #Mardi Smith Bissett #Megan Bissett #TCS-photo #Travis Bissett #cathedral #Center #exterior #south side #unrestored

Chartres, north side, center portal

JAMB FIGURES

Left:
• Elisha (Far left) - Shumanite woman beneath.

Album: Chartres-Cathedral

Categories: Chartres-Cathedral

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

Chartres, north side, center portal

JAMB FIGURES

Left:

• Samuel - sacrifices a lamb.

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

JAMB FIGURES, detail

Left:
• Elisha (Far left) - Shumanite woman beneath.

Album: Chartres-Cathedral

Categories: Chartres-Cathedral

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

Chartres, west side, right portal, left hand side (L - R)

• Unknown OT figure
• Unknown OT figure

Album: Chartres-Cathedral

Categories: Chartres-Cathedral

Tags: #Chartres #france #Jamb figures #TCS-photo #Unknown figures #cathedral #restored #Right #west side