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P1020653

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

Categories: Chartres-Cathedral

Tags: #Abraham #Chartres #Elisha #Eucharist #france #Isaac #Jesus Christ #King David #Melchizedek #Moses #Passion #Sacrifice of Isaac #Samuel #Shumanite woman #TCS-photo #brazen serpent #cathedral #Center #exterior #golden calf #lion of Judah #north side #Ram #restored #sculpture #stone reliefs

Chartres West Exterior Slides 082

Chartres West Exterior Slides 082

Chartres, north side, left portal

TYMPANUM
• Adoration of the Magi and then warned not to return to Herod.

LINTEL:
• Left: Nativity
• Right: Angel appears to shepherds.

INNER ARCH

• First archivolt: ten angels, lowest two on dragons, the rest on clouds
• Second archivolt: four foolish virgins on left, four foolish on the right
• Third archivolt: bottom on each side contain the other two virgins for a total of ten.

• Third, continued: The three theological virtues and equivalent sins.
† Faith (chalice receiving blood of the Lamb) with Infidelity (eyes bandaged).

Album: Chartres-Cathedral

Categories: Chartres-Cathedral

Tags: #10 virgins #7 gifts of the spirit #Chartres #france #TCS-photo #Archivolt #cathedral #date estimate #Detail #exterior #Left #north side #virtues and vices #virtuous woman #wise and foolish virgins

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DSC06923

Chartres, north side, center portal, night illumination

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.
• Peter - dressed as pope, the continuity with Melchizedek, his opposite on the left. He stands on the rock.

Album: Chartres-Cathedral

Categories: Chartres-Cathedral

Tags: #Chartres #france #Greek cross #Isaiah #John the Baptist #Peter #TCS-photo #cathedral #Center #exterior #night #north side #restored

Chartres West Exterior Slides 076

Chartres West Exterior Slides 076

Chartres, north side, left portal, right side

• Daniel (another prophet of Christ's coming, outermost) with the Visitation nearer the door (Mary on a burning bush, symbol of the Immaculate Conception and Elizabeth in the middle).

Album: Chartres-Cathedral

Categories: Chartres-Cathedral

Tags: #Chartres #Daniel #Elizabeth #france #Jamb figures #Mary #Saint Elizabeth #TCS-photo #Visitation #cathedral #date estimate #exterior #Left #north side