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Chartres, North side, right portal

INNER ARCH

• Second archivolt: lives of Sampson on the left

Left:

† Samson finds honey in lion's mouth;

Third archivolt: life of Esther (prefiguring Mary)

† Mordecai speaks to Esther's eunuch, presents scroll of degree against the Jews;

• Fourth archivolt: Tobias, son of Tobit, who restored vision to his father as Christ would to Israel.
Left:

† Tobit becomes blind;
† Tobit speaks with his wife;

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

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

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Chartres, south side, center

JAMB Figures [detail]

Apostles (L -> R)
Left side

• Unknown apostle

Stand on kings who ordered their martyrdom.

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†South side, lancets, left to right: demonstrates the OT as the foundation for the NT witness of Christ

• Window 095C - South side, far left lancet: Saint Luke on Jeremiah, beneath is arms of donor's wife and daughter.

• Window 095B - South side, near left lancet: Saint Matthew on Isaiah, beneath is arms of donor's wife and daughter.

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Window 122 - 2nd left, clerestory, apse: Ezekiel and Daniel

Butchers as donors, Ezekiel.

The butchers are not shy/subtle about what they are doing.

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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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Window 034 - The Apostles (restored, detail)

Some modern frames, marked (*)

• Row 01: Bakers, donors of the window
• Row 02: John 1: 35-40 --> Jesus walking (*); John the Baptist says "behold the Lamb of God"; Andrew and another of John's disciples follow Jesus
• Row 03: John 1: 35-40 --> Jesus shows where dwells [leftmost panel is modern (*)]; Two apostles speak (*)
• Row 04: Two men speak (not apostles since no halos?); Jesus calls Philip to follow him; Two apostles observe (*)

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