Chartres North Exterior Slides 116

Chartres North Exterior Slides 116

Chartres, North side, right portal

INNER ARCH

• First archivolt: twelve angels bearing sun, moon, and stars.
• Second archivolt: life of Gideon
Right: (story starts in bottom left of arch, so these events are in reverse order)

† Gideon wrings water from fleece (partially visible);
† Gideon offers sacrifice;

• Third archivolt: life Judith (prefiguring Mary)

Right: (story starts in bottom left of arch, so these events are in reverse order)

† Leaves town with servant (partially visible);
† Covers head and prays;

• Fourth archivolt: Tobias, son of Tobit, who restored vision to his father as Christ would to Israel (starting at top of arch, continued from bottom left of the arch);

† Tobias marries Sarah, and they pray in bedroom on wedding night;
† Raphael the angel binds Asmodeus (who had been slaying Sarah's husbands);

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