Chartres, north side, left portal, detail
LINTEL:
• Right: Angel appears to shepherds.
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Chartres west side, right portal, detail
ARCHIVOLT
• First archivolt: Music (one of the seven liberal arts), Pythagorus (first defined mathematical relationship of harmonious tones).
• Second archivolt: Aristotle, Dialectic,
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Chartres, north side, center portal
JAMB FIGURES
Left:
• Elisha (Far left) - Shumanite woman beneath.
• Melchizedek - wearing crown, with bread and wine (which he gave Abraham; prefigures the Eucharist). Lamb beneath.
• Abraham - looks up at angel halting the sacrifice of Isaac. Ram beneath.
• 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.
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Chartres, north side, right portal. These are OT types or prefigurements of Christ.
Right:
• Jesus ben Sirach, standing on the temple whose reconstruction was wrongly attributed to him;
• Judith, standing on dog as symbol of fidelity;
• Joseph who was sold into Egypt, standing on Potipher's wife to whom the devil whispers.
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Chartres, north side, center portal
JAMB FIGURES
Right:
• Elijah (Far Right) - on his chariot of fire. Beneath is Elisha.
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Chartres, north side, left portal
JAMB FIGURES
• Left: Isaiah (prophet of Christ's coming, now headless), and then Annunciation (Gabriel treading on devil; Mary treading on serpent).
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Chartres, north portal, center portaloriginal (4295137983)
Chartres, north portal, center portal
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Chartres, north side, right portal
OUTER GABLE
• Saint Modesta, daughter of Roman governor Quirinus, an early martyr of Chartres.
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Chartres, north side, right portal. These are OT types or prefigurements of Christ.
JAMB Figures
Left:
• Balaam on his ass;
• Queen of Sheba on Ethiopian slave;
• Solomon.
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