LDS Scripture Commentary / Photos: Chartres Cathedral
Chartres, north side, center portal
INNER ARCH
• Eighth archivolt: Creation and Fall [bottom to top]
Note cruciform nimbus, identifying creator as Christ.
(14) Temptation
(15) Adam and Eve hide and then (15b) make fig leaf aprons
(16) God appears to judge Adam and Eve's sin
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Chartres, north side, center portal
INNER ARCH
• Eighth archivolt: Creation and Fall [bottom to top]
(18) Adam delves; Eve spins while God blesses their work;
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Chartres, North side, right portal
INNER ARCH
Right:
† Dragon;
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INNER ARCH
• Second archivolt: life of Gideon
† Gideon wrings water from fleece;
† Dressed in armor (medieval!) he leads two Mideanites captive after defeating them in battle.
Third archivolt: life of Judith (prefiguring Mary)
† Kneels at foot of Holofernes (note parallels with Esther opposite);
• Fourth archivolt: Tobias, son of Tobit, who restored vision to his father as Christ would to Israel (continued from left half of arch).
† Tobias travels with angel watching over him;
† Tobias meets Raguel, Sarah's father;
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Chartres, north side, center portal
JAMB FIGURES
Left:
• Melchizedek - wearing crown, with bread and wine (which he gave Abraham; prefigures the Eucharist). Lamb beneath.
• Abraham - looks up at angel halting the sacrifice of Isaac. Ram beneath.
• Moses - with brazen serpent on the pole, symbol of Christ's crucifixion. Golden calf beneath.
• Samuel - sacrifices a lamb.
• King David - carries instruments of the Passion, which his Psalm 22 foretold. Beneath lion of Judah.
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Chartres, North side, right portal
INNER ARCH
• Third archivolt: life of Judith (prefiguring
Right:
† Leaves town with servant;
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†North side, lancets, left to right: True versus false sovereigns (restored)
• Window 145A - North side, central lancet: Saint Anne holding Infant Mary. Beneath this are the arms of France.
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Chartres, North side, right portal
INNER ARCH
• Second archivolt: lives of Sampson on the left
Left:
† Samson slays lion;
Third archivolt: life of Esther (prefiguring Mary)
† Ahasuerus speaks with Haman and Mordecai;
• 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, center portal
INNER ARCH
• Eighth archivolt: Creation and Fall [bottom to top]
Note cruciform nimbus, identifying creator as Christ.
(10) Creation of Eve -- also with naming of animals, as Adam named Eve.
(11) Four rivers out of Eden
(12) & (13) Adam and Even happy in Eden
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Chartres, north side, center portal
INNER ARCH
• Eighth archivolt: Creation and Fall [bottom to top]
Note cruciform nimbus, identifying creator as Christ.
(10) Creation of Eve -- also with naming of animals, as Adam named Eve.
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