Chartres, south side, right--"Bay of the Confessors"
JAMB Figures
Right side
• St. Avitus, abbot of Micy [added at porch construction].
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LDS Scripture Commentary / Photos: Chartres Cathedral
Chartres, south side, right--"Bay of the Confessors"
JAMB Figures
Right side
• St. Avitus, abbot of Micy [added at porch construction].
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Chartres, south side, center, archivolt
Last judgment, demons with the damned.
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Chartres, south side, left
JAMB Figures (L to R) from right side of left portal
• Saint Vincent [deacon dress]
• Saint Denis [bishop of Paris]
• Saint Piat [deacon dress]
• Saint George [13th century, from period of porch addition] Beneath him he is martyred by being broken on the wheel.
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Chartres, south side, right--"Bay of the Confessors"
ARCHIVOLT - angels and kings
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Jamb Figures (L to R) from right side of center portal
• Paul (note the omnipresent baldness) with sword, instrument of his beheading.
• St. John (no beard, young, dressed as priest; has book in left hand and broken palm--symbol of chastity--in the right.) Stands on a man offering cup of serpents, cf miracle he performed.
• St. James the Greater (of Peter, James, and John). Has belt of shells--the "coquilles St. Jacques" [scallops] were his symbol and often worn by pilgrims.
• St James the Less
• St. Bartholomew (broken flaying knife; instrument of his martyrdom).
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Chartres, south side, center, archivolt
Last judgment, demons with the damned.
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†South side, lancets, left to right: demonstrates the OT as the foundation for the NT witness of Christ
• Window 095D - South side, near right lancet: Saint John on Ezekiel, beneath is arms of donor Pierre Mauclerc and his son.
• Window 095E - South side, far right lancet: Saint Mark on Daniel, beneath is arms of donor Pierre Mauclerc and his son.
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Last judgment. Angel bears the soul (naked child) to redemption
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