LDS Scripture Commentary / Photos: Chartres Cathedral
Chartres, north side, center portal
INNER ARCH
• Second archivolt: Prophets
• Third archivolt: Jesse Tree
• Fourth archivolt: Jesse Tree continues
• Fifth archivolt: Prophets
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OUTER GABLE
• Pedestals recount the arts:
† Agriculture (Adam watches Cain dig [neither shown here] and Abel shepherding);
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INNER ARCH
• Third archivolt: life of Judith (prefiguring
Right:
† Covers head and prays;
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INNER ARCH
• Eighth archivolt: Creation and Fall [bottom to top]
Note cruciform nimbus, identifying creator as Christ.
(6) Creation of birds and fish. To the left, Adam is in God's mind.
(7) Creation of animals.
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INNER ARCH
• Eighth archivolt: Creation and Fall [bottom to top]
Note cruciform nimbus, identifying creator as Christ.
(8) Garden of Eden.
(9) Creation of Adam -- note is at the summit
(10) Creation of Eve -- also with naming of animals, as Adam named Eve.
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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.
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Chartres, North side, right portal
INNER ARCH
• First archivolt: twelve angels bearing sun, moon, and stars.
• Second archivolt: life of Gideon
Right: (story starts in bottom left of arch, so these events are in reverse order)
† Gideon wrings water from fleece (partially visible);
† Gideon offers sacrifice;
• Third archivolt: life Judith (prefiguring Mary)
Right: (story starts in bottom left of arch, so these events are in reverse order)
† Leaves town with servant (partially visible);
† Covers head and prays;
• Fourth archivolt: Tobias, son of Tobit, who restored vision to his father as Christ would to Israel (starting at top of arch, continued from bottom left of the arch);
† Tobias marries Sarah, and they pray in bedroom on wedding night;
† Raphael the angel binds Asmodeus (who had been slaying Sarah's husbands);
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• Elijah (Far Right) - on his chariot of fire. Beneath is Elisha.
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JAMB FIGURES, detail
Left:
• Elisha (Far left) - Shumanite woman beneath.
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INNER ARCH
• Eighth archivolt: Creation and Fall [bottom to top]
Note cruciform nimbus, identifying creator as Christ.
(5) Creation of sun and moon
(6) Creation of birds and fish. To the left, Adam is in God's mind.
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