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

• First archivolt (inner): January with two faces, Capricorn, February with warming self before fire.

• Second archivolt (outer): October with knocking down acorns, Libra, November with pig slaughter.

Album: Chartres-Cathedral

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Album: Chartres-Cathedral

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Left portal, "Bay of the Martyrs"

Left jamb (L - R)
• St. Stephen (deacon's dress)

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

• First archivolt (inner): January with two faces, Capricorn, February with warming self before fire.

• Second archivolt (outer): October with knocking down acorns, Libra, November with pig slaughter.

Album: Chartres-Cathedral

Categories: Chartres-Cathedral

Tags: #Chartres #france #TCS-photo #Archivolt #calendar of months #cathedral #Detail #exterior #Left #west side #zodiac

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

• First archivolt:February with warming self before fire.

• Second archivolt: November with pig slaughter.

Album: Chartres-Cathedral

Categories: Chartres-Cathedral

Tags: #Chartres #france #TCS-photo #Archivolt #calendar of months #cathedral #Detail #Left #unrestored #west side #zodiac

Chartres, west side, left portal, archivolt.

• First archivolt (inner): Aries, May with falconer and horse

• Second archivolt (outer): Cancer, August with wheat threshing, Leo.

Album: Chartres-Cathedral

Categories: Chartres-Cathedral

Tags: #Chartres #france #TCS-photo #Archivolt #calendar of months #cathedral #Detail #Left #unrestored #west side #zodiac

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.

Album: Chartres-Cathedral

Categories: Chartres-Cathedral

Tags: #Chartres #france #TCS-photo #Archivolt #calendar of months #cathedral #Detail #Left #unrestored #west side #zodiac

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

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