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Chartres, west side, left door

• Tympanum - Christ ascending into heaven.

Album: Chartres-Cathedral

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Chartres, north side, center portal

JAMB FIGURES

Left:
• Elisha (Far left) - Shumanite woman beneath.

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Chartres, north side, center portal

JAMB FIGURES

Left:
• Elisha (Far left) - Shumanite woman beneath.
• Melchizedek - wearing crown, with bread and wine (which he gave Abraham; prefigures the Eucharist). Lamb beneath.
• Abraham - looks up at angel halting the sacrifice of Isaac. Ram beneath.
• Moses - with brazen serpent on the pole, symbol of Christ's crucifixion. Golden calf beneath.
• Samuel - sacrifices a lamb.
• King David - carries instruments of the Passion, which his Psalm 22 foretold. Beneath lion of Judah.

Album: Chartres-Cathedral

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Chartres west side, central portal, tympanum

• In the lower right corner, one sees Elijah

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

Album: Chartres-Cathedral

Categories: Chartres-Cathedral

Tags: #24 Elders of the Apocalypse #Chartres #france #TCS-photo #Archivolt #cathedral #Center #Detail #exterior #west side

Chartres, south side, left.

TYMPANUM

Christ crowned between two angels. (He is the supreme or ultimate martyr.)

LINTEL

Stephen is led out of the city to be stoned, and is then stone. (Story begins on left archivolt and finisheds on right, neither shown here.)

Album: Chartres-Cathedral

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Tags: #Chartres #france #Saint Stephen #TCS-photo #cathedral #date estimate #Detail #exterior #Left #lintel #martyrs #south side #unrestored

Album: Chartres-Cathedral

Categories: Chartres-Cathedral

Tags: #Chartres #france #La Poste #TCS-photo #cathedral #exterior #night #town

Album: Chartres-Cathedral

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Tags: #Chartres #france #Mary #Passion #Saint John #Saint Michael #TCS-photo #cathedral #Center #date estimate #exterior #last judgment #lintel #south side #tympanum #unrestored

Chartres, north side, center portal

INNER ARCH

• First archivolt: twelve angels
• Second archivolt: Prophets
• Third archivolt: Jesse Tree
• Fourth archivolt: Jesse Tree continues
• Fifth archivolt: Prophets

Album: Chartres-Cathedral

Categories: Chartres-Cathedral

Tags: #Chartres #france #Jesse Tree #TCS-photo #Archivolt #cathedral #Center #date estimate #Detail #exterior #north side

Chartres, north side, center portal

INNER ARCH

• First archivolt: twelve angels
• Second archivolt: Prophets
• Third archivolt: Jesse Tree
• Fourth archivolt: Jesse Tree continues
• Fifth archivolt: Prophets

Album: Chartres-Cathedral

Categories: Chartres-Cathedral

Tags: #Chartres #france #Jesse Tree #TCS-photo #Archivolt #cathedral #Center #date estimate #Detail #exterior #north side

Chartres west side, right portal

Tympanum:
• At top: infant Jesus enthroned on Mary's lap flanked by two angels
• Below: presentation at the temple
• Lintel: the Nativity story.

Archivolts: seven liberal arts and figure identified with each and zodiac

Figures:
• Unknown OT figure
• Unknown OT figure
• Unknown OT figure
• Apostle
• Unknown OT figure
• Unknown OT figure

Album: Chartres-Cathedral

Categories: Chartres-Cathedral

Tags: #Chartres #france #Jamb figures #TCS-photo #Archivolt #cathedral #date estimate #exterior #liberal arts #lintel #Right #west side #zodiac