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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.

Album: Chartres-Cathedral

Categories: Chartres-Cathedral

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

Chartres, south side, window, detail

duplicate (WNItSHsEQemR1MR7bFSgZw)

Album: Chartres-Cathedral

Categories: Chartres-Cathedral

Tags: #Chartres #france #TCS-photo #cathedral #restored #sculpture

Window 005 - Mary Magdalen (detail, restored)

• Panels 1,2,3: Water-bearers, the donors of the window

Album: Chartres-Cathedral

Categories: Chartres-Cathedral

Tags: #Chartres #france #TCS-photo #Win005 #cathedral #Detail #donors identified #restored #stained glass

Window 060 - Saint Nicholas (third window about him) (restored, detail)
Order is not regular; numbered by panel (see diagram).

• 1-5: Apothicaries and haberdashers as donors. (5) merchant with balance.

Album: Chartres-Cathedral

Categories: Chartres-Cathedral

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

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;

Album: Chartres-Cathedral

Categories: Chartres-Cathedral

Tags: #Chartres #france #TCS-photo #Tobias #Tobit #arch #Archivolt #cathedral #north side #restored #Right

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

Album: Chartres-Cathedral

Categories: Chartres-Cathedral

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

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

Album: Chartres-Cathedral

Categories: Chartres-Cathedral

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

Window 061 - Joseph, Son of Jacob (restored, detail)

Bottom to top, left to right

• Row 01 (half moons): Bankers, as donors

Album: Chartres-Cathedral

Categories: Chartres-Cathedral

Tags: #Chartres #france #TCS-photo #Win061 #cathedral #Detail #donors identified #restored #stained glass

† Window 095 - South rose: Christ in glory, after Revelation of St. John

Surrounded by the four beasts and 24 elders of the apocalypse. Angels and elders hold musical instruments, censers, and vials of perfume. Note the coat of arms (blue and yellow checkerboard) of the donors, Pierre Mauclerc of Dreux-Brittany.

• Saint Luke - winged bull
• Saint Mark - winged lion

Album: Chartres-Cathedral

Categories: Chartres-Cathedral

Tags: #24 Elders of the Apocalypse #4 Beasts of the Apocalypse #4 evangelists #Chartres #Christ in Glory #Dreux #france #Jesus Christ #Revelation #Saint Luke #Saint Mark #TCS-photo #Win095 #cathedral #Detail #donors identified #restored #rose window #south side #stained glass

Chartres, west side, left portal

• Jamb figures - all unknown OT individuals.

Album: Chartres-Cathedral

Categories: Chartres-Cathedral

Tags: #Chartres #france #Jamb figures #TCS-photo #Unknown figures #cathedral #Left #restored #west side