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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.

(17) Driven from Eden; note angel with flaming sword;
(18) Adam delves; Eve spins while God blesses their work;

Album: Chartres-Cathedral

Categories: Chartres-Cathedral

Tags: #Chartres #france #TCS-photo #Archivolt #cathedral #center portal #creation #fall #north side #restored

†North side, lancets, left to right: True versus false sovereigns (restored)

• Window 145E - North side, far right lancet: Aaron above Pharoah, covered by the Red Sea (true priesthood and power over the false).

Album: Chartres-Cathedral

Categories: Chartres-Cathedral

Tags: #Aaron #Chartres #france #Pharoah #Red Sea #TCS-photo #Win145E #cathedral #donors identified #lancet window #north side #restored #stained glass

Chartres, north side, right portal, archivolt

OUTER ARCH

• First archivolt: November knock down acorns for pig, December slaughter pig
• Second archivolt: Scorpio, Saggitarius [centaur or archer]

Album: Chartres-Cathedral

Categories: Chartres-Cathedral

Tags: #Chartres #france #TCS-photo #calendar of months #cathedral #north side #outer arch #restored #Right #zodiac

RIGHT to left:

Window 065 - Clerestory, nave, south-west, lancet: Saint Mary of Egypt

Saint Mary of Egypt, meets Zozimus, is buried.
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Window 066 - Clerestory, nave, south-west, lancet: Saint Laumer

Saint Laumer, abbot of Corbion. Lying on his death bed, and visited by Saint Malard.
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Window 067 - Clerestory, name, south-west, small-rose: Abbot, unknown

Album: Chartres-Cathedral

Categories: Chartres-Cathedral

Tags: #Chartres #Corbion #france #Saint Laumer #Saint Malard #Saint Mary of Egypt #TCS-photo #Unknown figures #Win065 #Win066 #Win067 #Zozimus #cathedral #clerestory #date estimate #lancet #restored #small-rose #stained glass

Chartres, north side, center portal

JAMB FIGURES

Right:
• Isaiah - hold flowering stem, the "rod out of Jesse." Jessee beneath.
• Jeremiah - with Greek cross

Album: Chartres-Cathedral

Categories: Chartres-Cathedral

Tags: #Chartres #france #Greek cross #Isaiah #Jamb figures #Jeremiah #Rod of Jesse #Simeon #TCS-photo #cathedral #Center #exterior #north side #restored #sculpture

Window 002 - Life of Christ

Bottom to top, left to right:

• Row 08: Triumphal entry to Jerusalem (3 frames).
• Row 09: Christ in Glory flanked by two angels.

Album: Chartres-Cathedral

Categories: Chartres-Cathedral

Tags: #12th century #Chartres #Entry into Jerusalem #france #Jesus Christ #TCS-photo #Win002 #cathedral #interior #lancet window #restored #stained glass #west side

Album: Chartres-Cathedral

Categories: Chartres-Cathedral

Tags: #Chartres #france #TCS-photo #cathedral #new imports #restored #stained glass #untagged

Album: Chartres-Cathedral

Categories: Chartres-Cathedral

Tags: #Chartres #france #TCS-photo #cathedral #gargoyle #north side #restored

Jamb Figures (L to R) from right side of left portal

• Saint George [13th century, from period of porch addition]

Album: Chartres-Cathedral

Categories: Chartres-Cathedral

Tags: #Chartres #france #Jamb figures #Saint George #TCS-photo #cathedral #Detail #exterior #Left #restored #sculpture #south side

Chartres, north side, center portal

JAMB FIGURES

Left:
• Elisha (Far left) - Shumanite woman beneath.

Album: Chartres-Cathedral

Categories: Chartres-Cathedral

Tags: #Chartres #Elisha #france #Shumanite woman #TCS-photo #cathedral #Center #exterior #north side #restored #sculpture