Chartres, north side, center portal
JAMB FIGURES, detail
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• Isaiah - hold flowering stem, the "rod out of Jesse." Jessee beneath asleep.
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LDS Scripture Commentary / Photos: Chartres Cathedral
Chartres, north side, center portal
JAMB FIGURES, detail
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• Isaiah - hold flowering stem, the "rod out of Jesse." Jessee beneath asleep.
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Chartres west side, right portal
• Second archivolt: Arithmatic (top of arch), Boethius or Pythagorus (the latter occurs further down for Music, so likely the former?)
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Window 059 - Symbolic Window, Typology of the Passion of Christ (restored)
NB: Read TOP to BOTTOM, unlike most windows. Some are modern (marked *).
• Row 12: (Bottom row): Blacksmiths as donors.
• Row 11: Samson carries gates of Gaza; Christ's body being annointed; David slays lion to protect sheep [some argue for Samson slaying lion, but sheep make me think likely David. On the other hand, the other side panels are often of the same characters, so I suppose a repeat of Sampson would fit that pattern. - GLS]
• Row 10: Elijah raises son of widow of Sareptha; Jacob blesses Ephraim and Manasseh; Elijah meets widow of Sareptha.
• Row 09: King David with pelican feeding young on her own blood.
• Row 08: Abraham takes Isaac to Mount Moriah for sacrifice; Descent from the Cross; Abraham is stopped from sacrificing Isaac.
• Row 07: Jonah near Ninevah (*).
• Row 06: Moses shows brass serpent; Adam collects blood at the foot of the cross (*); Israelites mark their doorposts with blood of the lamb (tau).
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† Window 095 - South rose: Christ in glory, after Revelation of St. John
Surrounded by the four beasts and 24 elders of the apocalypse. Angels and elders hold musical instruments, censers, and vials of perfume. Note the coat of arms (blue and yellow checkerboard) of the donors, Pierre Mauclerc of Dreux-Brittany.
• Saint John - eagle
• Saint Luke - winged bull
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Chartres, north side, left portal
• Right: 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).
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