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Chartres South Exterior Slides 049
Chartres, south side, left.
TYMPANUM
Christ crowned between two angels. (He is the supreme or ultimate martyr.)
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Post Office building Chartres Night illuminations
Detail, south east side.
Version 2
Chartres, north side, center portal
JAMB FIGURES
Right:
• Isaiah - hold flowering stem, the "rod out of Jesse." Jessee beneath.
• Jeremiah - with Greek cross
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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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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.
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Chartres, north side, center portal
JAMB FIGURES
Right:
• 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.
• Peter - dressed as pope, the continuity with Melchizedek, his opposite on the left. He stands on the rock.
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