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Window 035 - Saint Simon and Saint Jude (restored, detail)

Bottom to top, left to right:

• Row 10: Chariot of the pagan moon (which the apostles would not worship)

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Chartres, north side, right portal

OUTER GABLE

• Pedestals recount the arts:
† Agriculture (Adam watches Cain dig [neither shown here] and Abel shepherding);

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Chartres, North side, right portal

INNER ARCH

• Third archivolt: life of Judith (prefiguring

Right:

† Covers head and prays;

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Chartres west side, right portal

• Second archivolt: Euclid

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Chartres, north side, center portal

INNER ARCH

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

Note cruciform nimbus, identifying creator as Christ.

(6) Creation of birds and fish. To the left, Adam is in God's mind.
(7) Creation of animals.

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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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Chartres, south side, window, detail

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