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Chartres, north side, center portal

JAMB FIGURES

Left:

• Melchizedek - wearing crown, with bread and wine (which he gave Abraham; prefigures the Eucharist). Lamb beneath.

Album: Chartres-Cathedral

Categories: Chartres-Cathedral

Tags: #Chartres #Eucharist #france #Jamb figures #Melchizedek #TCS-photo #cathedral #Center #exterior #north side #restored #sculpture

South side, east end.

Portals (L - R)
• Bay of the Martyrs [not shown]
• Central Bay (Christ)
• Bay of the Confessors

Album: Chartres-Cathedral

Categories: Chartres-Cathedral

Tags: #Chartres #france #TCS-photo #cathedral #Center #date estimate #exterior #Right #south side #unrestored

South side, right portal, right hand side

• St. Avitus, abbot of Micy [added at porch construction].

Album: Chartres-Cathedral

Categories: Chartres-Cathedral

Tags: #Chartres #france #Jamb figures #Saint Avitus #TCS-photo #cathedral #Detail #exterior #restored #Right #sculpture #south side

Album: Chartres-Cathedral

Categories: Chartres-Cathedral

Tags: #Chartres #france #TCS-photo #Archivolt #cathedral #Center #date estimate #Detail #exterior #south side #unrestored

Album: Chartres-Cathedral

Categories: Chartres-Cathedral

Tags: #Chartres #france #TCS-photo #cathedral #exterior #upper cathedral #west side

Album: Chartres-Cathedral

Categories: Chartres-Cathedral

Tags: #Abraham's bosom #Chartres #france #TCS-photo #cathedral #Center #Detail #exterior #restored #resurrection #sculpture #south side #the elect

Chartres, north side, center portal

JAMB FIGURES

Right:
• Isaiah - hold flowering stem, the "rod out of Jesse." Jessee beneath.
• Jeremiah - with Greek cross
• Simeon - testified of Christ at the Presentation at the Temple, holds the infant Christ.
• John the Baptist - note coat of camel hair, and he points to the lamb of God. Dragon beneath (partial).

Album: Chartres-Cathedral

Categories: Chartres-Cathedral

Tags: #Chartres #france #TCS-photo #cathedral #Center #exterior #north side #restored #sculpture

Chartres west side, right portal, tympanum

• Second archivolt: Priscian or Donatus, Grammar.

Album: Chartres-Cathedral

Categories: Chartres-Cathedral

Tags: #Chartres #france #TCS-photo #Archivolt #cathedral #Detail #exterior #liberal arts #Right #west side

Chartres west side, left portal, left hand side (L - R)
• Unknown OT figure
• Unknown OT figure
• Unknown OT figure

Album: Chartres-Cathedral

Categories: Chartres-Cathedral

Tags: #Chartres #france #Jamb figures #TCS-photo #cathedral #date estimate #exterior #Left #west side

Album: Chartres-Cathedral

Categories: Chartres-Cathedral

Tags: #Chartres #france #TCS-photo #cathedral #date estimate #exterior #south side #unrestored