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Chartres west side, right portal, tympanum

• First archivolt: Pythagorus [head only, lower left], Music, then angel
• Second archivolt: Priscian or Donatus, Grammar, Ptolomy.

Album: Chartres-Cathedral

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† Window 095 - South rose: Christ in glory, after Revelation of St. John (unrestored, detail)

Surrounded by the four beasts and 24 elders of the apocalypse. Note the coat of arms (blue and yellow checkerboard) of the donors, Pierre Mauclerc of Dreux-Brittany

Album: Chartres-Cathedral

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Window 006 - Good Samaritan (restored)

Bottom to top, left to right. Circles start at 6 o'clock, proceed left to right:
• Panels 1,2,3: Cobblers, the donors of the window

Album: Chartres-Cathedral

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Chartres west side, central portal, tympanum

• Christ in glory sits in the center, surrounded by symbols of the four gospel authors (evangelists):

• Matthew - winged man
• Mark - winged lion
• Luke - winged ox or bull
• John - eagle

• In the lintel beneath, the twelve apostles are in four groups of three.
• To their immediate left stands Elijah; to their right stands Enoch.

• The first archivolt: twelve angels.
• The second and third archivolts: twenty-four elders of the apocalypse (see Revelation 4:4).

Album: Chartres-Cathedral

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Chartres, south side, center, archivolt

Last judgment. Angels

Album: Chartres-Cathedral

Categories: Chartres-Cathedral

Tags: #Chartres #france #TCS-photo #angels #Archivolt #cathedral #Center #Detail #last judgment #south side #unrestored

Window 010 - Saint Apollinaris, Celestial Hierarchy, Grisaille (14th century) (restored).

Celestial hierarchy (lowest to highest):

• Row 08: Angels (I); Principals (III); Archangels (II).
• Row 09: Powers (IV); Virtues (V); Dominions (VI).
• Row 10: Cherubim (VIII); Thrones (VII); Seraphim (IX).
• Row 11: Christ, with angels worshipping him.

Album: Chartres-Cathedral

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Chartres, north side, right portal, archivolt

OUTER ARCH

• First archivolt: August harvest, September tread grapes, October sowing, November knock down acorns for pig
• Second archivolt: Virgo, Libra, Scorpio, Saggitarius [centaur or archer]

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Chartres, south side, right--"Bay of the Confessors"

TYMPANUM and LINTEL

Christ flanked by two angels.

Left side

• Martin lies asleep with his servant. He sees Christ wearing half of the cloak (the other half which Martin kept can be seen on the wall above his sleeping form, but not in this image).

Right side:

•St. Nicholas' bier provides healing oil which oozes from him. Pilgrims are applying the oil, and have containers in which to bear some away.

Album: Chartres-Cathedral

Categories: Chartres-Cathedral

Tags: #Chartres #france #Saint Nicholas #TCS-photo #cathedral #Right #south side #unrestored