LDS Scripture Commentary / Photos: Chartres Cathedral
Chartres, west side, left door, archivolt (bottom to top description)
• First archivolt (inner): January with two faces, Capricorn, February with warming self before fire.
• Second archivolt (outer): October with knocking down acorns, Libra, November with pig slaughter.
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Chartres west side, right portal, tympanum
• First archivolt: angels.
• Second archivolt: Euclid, Geometry.
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Chartres, west side, right portal, Capitals:
• Jesus' entry to Jerusalem seated on the colt.
• Jesus being placed in the tomb.
• Women bring spices to embalm.
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Window 176 - West Rose - Last Judgment (restored, detail)
• Center: Christ enthroned in glory, displaying his wounds. Four beasts and angels surround him.
• First circle: Twelve apostles, with Abraham's bosom at 12 o'clock, and the judgment (weighing of souls) at 6 o'clock. Note the angel to the left and devil to the right.
• Outer circle: Starting from the 12:30 position, and proceeding clockwise (each circle on the right is paired with one on the left). (1, 12) Instruments of the passion; (2, 11) angels blow trumps; (3, 10) the resurrected dead awaiting judgment; (4,5,8,9) resurrection of the dead (naked, having just come from their graves); (6,7) hell (at the bottom of the circle, naturally enough).
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Chartres, west side, right portal, left hand side (L - R)
• Unknown OT figure
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Chartres, west side, left door
• Tympanum - Christ ascending into heaven. Angels lean down to ask the apostles "Ye men of Gallilee, why stand ye gazing up into heaven?"
• Archivolts - zodiac alternating with the tasks for each month
† First - INNER (left around to right)
• April with tree blossoming, Aries
• May with falconer and horse, Taurus,
• June with mowing hay,
[peak of arch]
• March with pruning vines,
• Aquarius [mostly broken], February with warming self before fire,
• Capricorn, January with two faces.
† OUTER (left around to right)
• July with wheat cutting, Cancer,
• August with wheat threshing, Leo,
• September with treading grapes [not seen here], Virgo [not seen here]
[peak of arch]
• Sagittarius, December with feasting [can just see the feast table],
• Scorpio, November with pig slaughter,
• Libra, October with pruning fruit trees?
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Window 002 - Life of Christ
Bottom to top, left to right:
• Row 03: Wise men presenting gifts; Christ with Mary; Wise men returning home (they are warned by the angel in the panel directly above them).
• Row 04: Presentation at the temple (2 frames); Angel warns wise men to return a different way.
• Row 05: Herod angry he's been deceived by wise men; Slaughter of the Innocents (2 frames).
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