Chartres, North side, right portal
INNER ARCH
• Third archivolt: life of Esther
Left:
† Mordecai speaks to Esther's eunuch, presents scroll of degree against the Jews;
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LDS Scripture Commentary / Photos: Chartres Cathedral
Chartres, North side, right portal
INNER ARCH
• Third archivolt: life of Esther
Left:
† Mordecai speaks to Esther's eunuch, presents scroll of degree against the Jews;
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Chartres west side, right portal, right hand side (L - R)
• Apostle
• Unknown OT figure
• Unknown OT figure
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original (4295078065)
†North side, lancets, left to right: True versus false sovereigns (restored)
• Window 145C - North side, far left lancet: Melchizedek standing over Nebuchadnezzar (true king over the false Babylonian pretender to world-lordship, worshipping idol of his dream).
• Window 145B - North side, near left lancet: King David standing over King Saul (the chosen king over the apostate king rejected by God, who dies via suicide in despair).
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Chartres west side, central portal, right hand side (L - R)
• King David
• Queen of Sheba
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Window 035 - Saint Simon and Saint Jude
Bottom to top, left to right:
• Row 07: Peace envoys from India arrive (both panels).
• Row 08: The apostles teach and convert many (both panels).
• Row 09: Persian magicians create serpents as evidence of their miracle-working--Simon and Jude pray that they will be bitten but not unto death.
• Row 10: Chariots of the pagan moon and sun (which the apostles would not worship)
• Row 11: Two angels (modern) replaced an older scene showing the saints' martyrdom.
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Chartres, north side, center portal
INNER ARCH
• Eighth archivolt: Creation and Fall [bottom to top]
Note cruciform nimbus, identifying creator as Christ.
(18) Adam delves; Eve spins while God blesses their work;
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†North side, lancets, left to right: True versus false sovereigns (restored, detail)
• Window 145B - North side, near left lancet: King David standing over King Saul (the chosen king over the apostate king rejected by God, who dies via suicide in despair).
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Chartres, North side, right portal
INNER ARCH
• Third archivolt: life of Judith (prefiguring
Right:
† Judith has cut off head of Holofernes, which servant places in sack.
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