LDS Scripture Commentary / Photos: Chartres Cathedral
Chartres, north side, right portal, archivolt
OUTER ARCH
• First archivolt: months with accompanying activities: January/Janus, February warms by fire, March prunes vines
• Second archivolt: Zodiac: Winter, Capricorn, Aquarius
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Chartres west side, right portal, detail of tympantum and lintel
• Top: presentation at the temple
• Below: the Nativity story.
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Chartres west side, right portal
LINTEL
• Below: presentation at the temple
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Chartres west side, right portal, tympanum
• At top: presentation at the temple
• Lintel: the Nativity: Mary lies on the altar-like bed, with the Infant Jesus on top; at the far right, the angel brings glad tidings to the shepherds.
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Chartres, south side, right--"Bay of the Confessors"
Right side:
• St. Nicholas (center right) drops money down into the home of a poor family whose father is too ill to provide proper dowries for his three daughters. They had been destined to prostitution.
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Chartres west side, right portal, right hand side (L - R)
• Apostle
• Unknown OT figure
• Unknown OT figure
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Chartres, north side, right portal. These are OT types or prefigurements of Christ.
JAMB Figures
Right:
• Judith, standing on dog as symbol of fidelity;
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Chartres west side, right portal, tympanum
• First archivolt: angels
• Second archivolt: Cicero, Rhetoric
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