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Chartres west side, right portal, tympanum

• Second archivolt: Priscian or Donatus, Grammar.

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Chartres west side, right portal, tympanum

• First archivolt: Pythagorus, Music, then 6 angels (not all seen)
• Second archivolt: Priscian or Donatus, Grammar, Ptolomy, Astronomy, Boethius or Pythagorus.

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Chartres west side, right portal, tympanum

• First archivolt: Pisces (fish), Gemeni (twins)
• Second archivolt: Aristotle, Dialectic

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Chartres west side, right portal, tympanum

• First archivolt: Pythagorus [head only, lower left], Music, then angel
• Second archivolt: Priscian or Donatus, Grammar, Ptolomy.

Album: Chartres-Cathedral

Categories: Chartres-Cathedral

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

Chartres west side, right portal

LINTEL

• Below: presentation at the temple

(Music from the archivolt seen at far right foreground).

Album: Chartres-Cathedral

Categories: Chartres-Cathedral

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Chartres west side, right portal

• First archivolt: 6 angels (not all seen)
• Second archivolt: Rhetoric

Album: Chartres-Cathedral

Categories: Chartres-Cathedral

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Chartres west side, right portal

• Second archivolt: Grammar

Album: Chartres-Cathedral

Categories: Chartres-Cathedral

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Chartres west side, right portal

Tympanum:
• At top: infant Jesus enthroned on Mary's lap flanked by two angels
• Below: presentation at the temple
• Lintel: the Nativity story.

Archivolts: seven liberal arts and figure identified with each and zodiac

Figures:
• Unknown OT figure
• Unknown OT figure
• Unknown OT figure
• Apostle
• Unknown OT figure
• Unknown OT figure

Album: Chartres-Cathedral

Categories: Chartres-Cathedral

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Chartres west side, right portal, tympanum

• First archivolt: angels.
• Second archivolt: Euclid, Geometry.

Album: Chartres-Cathedral

Categories: Chartres-Cathedral

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

Chartres west side, right portal, tympanum

• At top: infant Jesus enthroned on Mary's lap flanked by two angels
• Below: presentation at the temple
• Lintel: the Nativity story. (a) At the far left the Annunciation by the angel; (b) next Mary and Elizabeth meeting; (c) then the nativity: Joseph stands to the left, Mary lies on the altar-like bed, with the Infant Jesus on top; finally (d) at the far right, the angel brings glad tidings to the shepherds.

• First archivolt: Pisces (fish), Gemeni (twins), then 6 angels, Music (one of the seven liberal arts), Pythagorus (first defined mathematical relationship of harmonious tones).
• Second archivolt: Aristotle, Dialectic, Cicero, Rhetoric..obscured..then Astronomy, Ptolemy, Grammar, Priscian or Donatus.

Album: Chartres-Cathedral

Categories: Chartres-Cathedral

Tags: #Chartres #france #Infant Jesus #Mary #Nativity #Presentation at the Temple #TCS-photo #angels #Archivolt #calendar of months #cathedral #date estimate #Detail #exterior #liberal arts #restored #Right #tympanum #west side #zodiac