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Chartres, north side, right portal, archivolt

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

Album: Chartres-Cathedral

Categories: Chartres-Cathedral

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

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Window 064 - Noah (restored)

Top to bottom, left to right
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• Row 12: Noah and family leave ark; Animals leave ark.
• Row 13: Noah makes wine (from vines above); Noah curses Ham; Noah gets drunk.
• Row 14: Planting of first vines (made into wine in previous row); Shem and Japheth (with wives) kneel to pray.
• Row 15: Angel, Rainbow, Angel.
• Row 16: Angel, Angel.

Album: Chartres-Cathedral

Categories: Chartres-Cathedral

Tags: #Ark #Chartres #Flood-Deluge #france #Ham #Japheth #Noah #Shem #TCS-photo #Win064 #animals #cathedral #donors identified #rainbow #restored #stained glass

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Chartres, North side, right portal

INNER ARCH

• Second archivolt: life of Gideon

† 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);
† Judith has cut off head of Holofernes, which servant places in sack.

• 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 dog (fidelity) and angel watching;

Album: Chartres-Cathedral

Categories: Chartres-Cathedral

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

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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.

(1) Creation of heaven and earth;
(2) Creation of day and night. Left figure likely not divine since no nimbus, but instead is the author of Genesis;

Album: Chartres-Cathedral

Categories: Chartres-Cathedral

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

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Window 035 - Saint Simon and Saint Jude (restored, detail)

Bottom to top, left to right:

• Row 10: Chariots of the pagan moon and sun (which the apostles would not worship)
• Row 11: Two angels (modern) replaced an older scene showing the saints' martyrdom.

Album: Chartres-Cathedral

Categories: Chartres-Cathedral

Tags: #Baradach #Chartres #france #Hindu #India #Saint Jude #Saint Simon #TCS-photo #Win035 #cathedral #donors identified #idols #magicians #martyrs #mercy #miracles #modern-glass #restored #soothsayers #stained glass

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duplicate (eqbDiAXHSUaagz6nJj29lw)

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

• 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).

Album: Chartres-Cathedral

Categories: Chartres-Cathedral

Tags: #Babylon #Chartres #france #Melchizedek #Nuchadnezzar #TCS-photo #Win145C #cathedral #donors identified #lancet window #north side #restored #stained glass