IMG 5332

IMG 5332

Chartres, north side, center portal

INNER ARCH

• Eighth archivolt: Creation and Fall [bottom to top]

Note cruciform nimbus, identifying creator as Christ.

(8) Garden of Eden.
(9) Creation of Adam -- note is at the summit
(10) Creation of Eve -- also with naming of animals, as Adam named Eve.

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