P1110388

P1110388

Chartres, north side, center portal.

JAMB FIGURES

Left:

• 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

Categories: Chartres-Cathedral

Tags: #Chartres #france #King David #Moses #Passion #Samuel #TCS-photo #brazen serpent #cathedral #Center #exterior #golden calf #lion of Judah #north side #restored #sculpture

Trivium/Quadrivium The Liberal Arts

Trivium/Quadrivium The Liberal Arts

Chartres west side, right portal, tympanum

• First archivolt: Pisces (fish), Gemeni (twins), then 6 angels (not all seen)
• Second archivolt: Aristotle, Dialectic, Cicero, Rhetoric, Euclid, Geometry.

Album: Chartres-Cathedral

Categories: Chartres-Cathedral

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

Chartres South Exterior Slides 053

Chartres South Exterior Slides 053

Chartres, south side, left

JAMB Figures (L to R) from right side of left portal

• Saint Vincent [deacon dress]
• Saint Denis [bishop of Paris]
• Saint Piat [deacon dress]
• Saint George [13th century, from period of porch addition] Beneath him he is martyred by being broken on the wheel.

Album: Chartres-Cathedral

Categories: Chartres-Cathedral

Tags: #Chartres #france #Jamb figures #Saint Denis #Saint George #Saint Piat #Saint Vincent #TCS-photo #cathedral #date estimate #exterior #Left #martyrs #south side #unrestored