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Chartres, north side, center portal

JAMB FIGURES

Right:
• Isaiah - hold flowering stem, the "rod out of Jesse." Jessee beneath.
• Jeremiah - with Greek cross
• Simeon - testified of Christ at the Presentation at the Temple, holds the infant Christ.
• John the Baptist - note coat of camel hair, and he points to the lamb of God. Dragon beneath (partial).

Album: Chartres-Cathedral

Categories: Chartres-Cathedral

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

Chartres, north side, right portal

OUTER GABLE
• Statues: OT figures, but identity unknown. The right pillar has two statues, one of Saint Potentian, archbishop of Sens and missionary to the Gauls, and Saint Modesta, daughter of Roman governor Quirinus, an early martyr of Chartres.

Album: Chartres-Cathedral

Categories: Chartres-Cathedral

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

Chartres, north side, center portal

JAMB FIGURES

Left:

• Moses - with brazen serpent on the pole, symbol of Christ's crucifixion. Golden calf beneath.

Album: Chartres-Cathedral

Categories: Chartres-Cathedral

Tags: #Chartres #france #Jamb figures #Moses #TCS-photo #brazen serpent #cathedral #Center #exterior #golden calf #north side #restored #sculpture

Album: Chartres-Cathedral

Categories: Chartres-Cathedral

Tags: #Chartres #france #TCS-photo #Unknown-GLS #cathedral #exterior #new imports #restored #sculpture #south side #stone reliefs

Chartres, north side, center portal, detail

JAMB FIGURES

• Moses - with brazen serpent on the pole, symbol of Christ's crucifixion. Golden calf beneath.

Album: Chartres-Cathedral

Categories: Chartres-Cathedral

Tags: #Chartres #france #Moses #TCS-photo #brazen serpent #cathedral #Center #Detail #exterior #north side #restored #sculpture

Chartres, north side, center portal, detail

JAMB FIGURES

Left:
• Samuel

Album: Chartres-Cathedral

Categories: Chartres-Cathedral

Tags: #Chartres #france #Samuel #TCS-photo #cathedral #Center #Detail #exterior #north side #restored #sculpture

Chartres, north side, center portal

Right:

• Simeon - testified of Christ at the Presentation at the Temple, holds the infant Christ.
• John the Baptist - note coat of camel hair, and he points to the lamb of God. Dragon beneath.
• Peter - dressed as pope, the continuity with Melchizedek, his opposite on the left. He stands on the rock.

Album: Chartres-Cathedral

Categories: Chartres-Cathedral

Tags: #Chartres #france #Infant Jesus #Jamb figures #John the Baptist #Peter #Simeon #TCS-photo #cathedral #Center #dragon #exterior #north side #restored #sculpture

Chartres, north side, center portal, detail

• Abraham - looks up at angel halting the sacrifice of Isaac. Ram beneath.

Album: Chartres-Cathedral

Categories: Chartres-Cathedral

Tags: #Chartres #france #Isaac #Sacrifice of Isaac #TCS-photo #cathedral #Center #Detail #exterior #north side #restored #sculpture

Left Portal

South porch, left portal.

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

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

Album: Chartres-Cathedral

Categories: Chartres-Cathedral

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

Chartres, north side, center portal

JAMB FIGURES

Left:

• 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.

Album: Chartres-Cathedral

Categories: Chartres-Cathedral

Tags: #Chartres #france #Jamb figures #King David #Moses #Passion #Samuel #TCS-photo #brazen serpent #cathedral #Center #exterior #golden calf #lion of Judah #north side #restored #sculpture