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Chartres, north side, center portal

JAMB FIGURES

Left:
• 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

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Chartres, north side, center portal

JAMB FIGURES

Right:

• Peter - dressed as pope, the continuity with Melchizedek, his opposite on the left. He stands on the rock.

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

• King David
• Queen of Sheba

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Chartres, north side, center portal, detail

JAMB FIGURES

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

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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 #date estimate #exterior #north side

Chartres, north side, center portal

JAMB FIGURES

Left:
• 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.

Album: Chartres-Cathedral

Categories: Chartres-Cathedral

Tags: #Abraham #Chartres #france #Isaac #Jamb figures #Melchizedek #Moses #TCS-photo #cathedral #Center #date estimate #exterior #north side

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

• Unknown prophet
• King David
• Queen of Sheba
• Solomon

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South porth, right portal--"Bay of the Confessors"

Right side:

• St. Avitus, abbot of Micy [added at porch construction].

Album: Chartres-Cathedral

Categories: Chartres-Cathedral

Tags: #Chartres #france #Jamb figures #TCS-photo #cathedral #date estimate #exterior #Right #south side #unrestored

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

JAMB Figures

Right:
• Jesus ben Sirach, standing on the temple whose reconstruction was wrongly attributed to him;
• Judith, standing on dog as symbol of fidelity;
• Joseph who was sold into Egypt, standing on Potipher's wife to whom the devil whispers.

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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]
• Saint Stephen [deacon's dress] (His story is also told in the lintel.)
• Saint Clement [pope's dress]

Album: Chartres-Cathedral

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