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Chartres, west side, night illuminations.
Chartres West Exterior Slides 075
Chartres, north side, left portal, left side
JAMB FIGURES
• Isaiah (prophet of Christ's coming, now headless), and then Annunciation (Gabriel treading on devil; Mary treading on serpent).
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Chartres, south side, left
Jamb Figures (L to R) from right side of left portal
• Saint George [13th century, from period of porch addition] Beneath him he is martyred by being broken on the wheel.
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Chartres West Exterior Slides 064
Chartres, west side, left door
• First archivolt (inner): June with mowing hay.
• Second archivolt: September with treading grapes, Virgo.
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Chartres South Exterior Slides 055
Chartres, south side, left
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]
• Saint Lawrence [deacon's dress]
• Saint Maurice [13th century, from period of porch addition]
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South tower.
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Chartres, west side, left portal, archivolt.
• First archivolt (inner): April with tree blossoming, Aries
• Second archivolt (outer): July with wheat cutting, Cancer, August with wheat threshing, Leo.
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Chartres, west side, left portal
• Jamb figures - all unknown OT individuals.
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Zodiac / Labours of the Months
Chartres, west side, left door, archivolt.
• First archivolt (inner): April with tree blossoming, Aries, May with falconer and horse, Taurus.
• Second archivolt (outer): July with wheat cutting, Cancer, August with wheat threshing, Leo
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