LDS Scripture Commentary / Photos: Chartres Cathedral
Chartres, north side, center portal
INNER ARCH
• Eighth archivolt: Creation and Fall [bottom to top]
(1) Creation of heaven and earth (note "pillars of the earth undernearth"?);
Note cruciform nimbus, identifying creator as Christ.
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INNER ARCH
• Eighth archivolt: Creation and Fall [bottom to top]
(6) Creation of birds and fish. To the left, Adam is in God's mind [detail].
Note cruciform nimbus, identifying creator as Christ.
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OUTER ARCH
• First archivolt: September tread grapes
• Second archivolt: Virgo, Libra
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OUTER ARCH
• First archivolt: May falcoln on fist, June mower goes to fields with scythe and whetstone, July taking flax to be steeped in water, August harvest
• Second archivolt: Taurus, Gemini, Cancer, Leo, Virgo.
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JAMB FIGURES, detail
Left:
• Elisha (Far left) - Shumanite woman beneath.
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†North side, lancets, left to right: True versus false sovereigns (unrestored)
• 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).
• Window 145A - North side, central lancet: Saint Anne holding Infant Mary. Beneath this are the arms of France.
• Window 145D - North side, near right lancet: Solomon over Jeroboam, who worships golden calf (wise king over the fool who worshipped idols and abandoned the LORD).
• Window 145E - North side, far right lancet: Aaron above Pharoah, covered by the Red Sea (true priesthood and power over the false).
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LINTEL
Detail: Solomon judges the two women and the baby. Here on the right are admiring Jews (who ought, one suspects, to be admiring the wisdom of Christ whose wisdom and judgment Solomon prefigures.)
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INNER ARCH
• Third archivolt: life of Esther
Left:
† Mordecai sends messenger with new degree permitting the Jews to defend themselves if attacked.
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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)
• Window 145D - North side, near right lancet: Solomon over Jeroboam, who worships golden calf (wise king over the fool who worshipped idols and abandoned the LORD).
• Window 145E - North side, far right lancet: Aaron above Pharoah, covered by the Red Sea (true priesthood and power over the false).
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