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

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Chartres, west side, left door

• Tympanum - Christ ascending into heaven. Angels lean down to ask the apostles "Ye men of Gallilee, why stand ye gazing up into heaven?"
• Archivolts - zodiac alternating with the tasks for each month
• Jamb figures - all unknown OT individuals except Moses on the right.

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

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Chartres, west side, left door. archivalts

• First archivolt (inner): Taurus, June with mowing hay.

• Second archivolt (outer): Leo, September with treading grapes, Virgo

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Chartres, west side, left portal, archivolt (bottom to top description)

• First archivolt (inner): Aquarius, March with pruning vines.

• Second archivolt (outer): Scorpio, December with feasting, Sagittarius [centaur or archer]

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Chartres, north side, left portal

TYMPANUM
• Adoration of the Magi and then warned not to return to Herod.

LINTEL:
• Left: Nativity
• Right: Angel appears to shepherds.

INNER ARCH

• First archivolt: ten angels, lowest two on dragons, the rest on clouds
• Second archivolt: four foolish virgins on left, four foolish on the right
• Third archivolt: bottom on each side contain the other two virgins for a total of ten.

• Third, continued: The three theological virtues and equivalent sins.
• At top, to provide balance, a fourth virtue is added:
† Humility (dove) with Pride (falling headlong)
Then descending:
† Charity (clothes beggar) with Avarice (hoarding gold).
† Hope (looks to heaven) with Despair (stabs self).

• Fourth archivolt: Twelve queens bearing scrolls that at one time bore their names; these are the fruits of the spirit as per Galatians 5:22-23.

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South porch, Left portal, "Bay of the Martyrs"

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]
• Saint Lawrence [deacon's dress]

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