Chartres West Exterior Slides 068

Chartres West Exterior Slides 068

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

† First - INNER
• February with warming self before fire,
• Capricorn

† OUTER
• November with pig slaughter,
• Libra

Album: Chartres-Cathedral

Categories: Chartres-Cathedral

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

P1020594

P1020594

original (4295078095)

Windows 017 - Zodiac and Labours of the Months (restored)

Top to bottom, left to right:

• Row 04: March (prune vines); Aries.
• Row 05: May & Gemeni combined.
• Row 06: April (budding plants and vines); Taurus.
• Row 07: July (cutting hay); Cancer.
• Row 08: June (cutting wheat) & Leo combined.
• Row 09: August (thresh wheat); Virgo.
• Row 10: September (harvest and tramp grapes); Libra.
• Row 11: October (place wine in barrels) & Scorpio.
• Row 12: November (slaughter hog); Saggitarius
• Row 13: December (feasting) Capricorn
• Row 14: Christ with Alpha and Omega (all encompassing, even of the tasks of the year and the cosmos represented by the zodiac's progression).

Album: Chartres-Cathedral

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Tags: #Chartres #france #Jesus Christ #TCS-photo #Win017 #alpha and omega #calendar of months #cathedral #donors identified #interior #restored #stained glass #zodiac

Zodiac / Labours of the Months

Zodiac / Labours of the Months

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

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

• Second archivolt (outer): Scorpio, December with feasting, Sagittarius.

• Christ is seen in the upper left corner.

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Categories: Chartres-Cathedral

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

Chartres West Exterior Slides 067

Chartres West Exterior Slides 067

Chartres, west side, left door

• Archivolts - zodiac alternating with the tasks for each month

† First - INNER
• March with pruning vines,
• Aquarius [mostly broken]

† OUTER
• December with feasting, Scorpio.

Album: Chartres-Cathedral

Categories: Chartres-Cathedral

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