Chartres, north side, center, night illumination
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Chartres, North side, right portal
INNER ARCH
Right:
† Dressed in armor (medieval!) he leads two Mideanites captive after defeating them in battle.
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Chartres, North side, right portal
INNER ARCH
• Fourth archivolt: Tobias, son of Tobit, who restored vision to his father as Christ would to Israel.
Left:
† Tobit buries the Jew;
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Chartres, north side, right portal, archivolt
OUTER ARCH
• First archivolt: June mower goes to fields with scythe and whetstone, July taking flax to be steeped in water
• Second archivolt: Taurus, Gemini
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Chartres, north side, right portal, archivolt
OUTER ARCH
• First archivolt: months with accompanying activities: January/Janus, February warms by fire, March prunes vines, April holds corn
• Second archivolt: Zodiac: Winter, Capricorn, Aquarius, Pieces, Aries
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Chartres, north side, center portal, detail
• Abraham - looks up at angel halting the sacrifice of Isaac. Ram beneath.
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Chartres, north side, left portal
TYMPANUM
• Adoration of the Magi and then warned not to return to Herod.
LINTEL:
• Left: Nativity
• Right: Angel appears to shepherds.
JAMB FIGURES
• Left: Isaiah (prophet of Christ's coming), and then Annunciation (Gabriel treading on devil; Mary treading on serpent).
• 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).
INNER ARCH:
• First archivolt: ten angels, lowest two on dragons, the rest on clouds
• Second archivolt: four foolish virgins on left, four foolish on the right
• Third archivolt: bottom on each side contain the other two virgins for a total of ten. It then has the virtues with vices underneath each figure.
• Fourth archivolt: Twelve queens bearing scrolls that at one time bore their names; these are the fruits of the spirit as per Galatians 5:22-23.
OUTER ARCH:
• First archivolt: LEFT -- characteristics of a virtuous woman (Proverbs 31:10-31); RIGHT -- characteristics of woman who has chosen the contemplative life;
• Second archivolt: the Beatitudes
GABLE:
• Bishop blesses between two angels
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Chartres, north side, center
• Pillar bases: LEFT: (a) David as shepherd; (b) Plays harp before Saul;
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Chartres, North side, right portal
INNER ARCH
• Fourth archivolt: Tobias, son of Tobit, who restored vision to his father as Christ would to Israel.
Left:
† Tobit sends son with letter to Gabelus;
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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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