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Chartres, north side, right portal.

JAMB Figures
Left:
• Balaam on his ass;
• Queen of Sheba on Ethiopian slave;
• Solomon.

Album: Chartres-Cathedral

Categories: Chartres-Cathedral

Tags: #Balaam #Chartres #france #Queen of Sheba #Solomon #TCS-photo #Ass #cathedral #date estimate #exterior #north side #Right #Slave

Window 037 - Saint James Major

Bottom to top, left to right (some rows have the story proceed RIGHT to left; marked '!' where this occurs:

• Row 01: Furrier as donor

Album: Chartres-Cathedral

Categories: Chartres-Cathedral

Tags: #Chartres #france #Saint James Major #TCS-photo #Win037 #cathedral #donors identified #restored #stained glass

†North side, lancets, left to right: True versus false sovereigns (restored)

• Window 145C - North side, far left lancet: Melchizedek standing over Nebuchadnezzar (true king over the false Babylonian pretender to world-lordship, worshipping idol of his dream).

• Window 145B - North side, near left lancet: King David standing over King Saul (the chosen king over the apostate king rejected by God, who dies via suicide in despair).

Album: Chartres-Cathedral

Categories: Chartres-Cathedral

Tags: #Babylon #Chartres #france #King David #Melchizedek #Nuchadnezzar #Saul #TCS-photo #Win145B #Win145C #cathedral #date estimate #donors identified #lancet window #north side #stained glass

Chartres, north side, right portal.

OUTER GABLE, detail
Saint Modesta, daughter of Roman governor Quirinus, an early martyr of Chartres.

duplicate (X03X5s9qQK+zSXL6%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%qYItA)

Album: Chartres-Cathedral

Categories: Chartres-Cathedral

Tags: #Chartres #france #TCS-photo #cathedral #restored #sculpture

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.

Album: Chartres-Cathedral

Categories: Chartres-Cathedral

Tags: #Balaam #Chartres #france #Jamb figures #Queen of Sheba #Solomon #TCS-photo #Unknown-GLS #Ass #cathedral #Center #north side #restored #Right #Slave

Chartres, north side, center portal, detail

Right:
• Isaiah - hold flowering stem, the "rod out of Jesse." Jessee beneath.

Album: Chartres-Cathedral

Categories: Chartres-Cathedral

Tags: #Chartres #france #Jesse Tree #TCS-photo #cathedral #Center #exterior #north side #restored #sculpture #Isaiah

Album: Chartres-Cathedral

Categories: Chartres-Cathedral

Tags: #Chartres #france #TCS-photo #cathedral #interior #new imports #sculpture #stone reliefs #untagged

Chartres, north side, center portal

INNER ARCH

• First archivolt: twelve angels
• Second archivolt: Prophets
• Third archivolt: Jesse Tree
• Fourth archivolt: Jesse Tree continues
• Fifth archivolt: Prophets

Album: Chartres-Cathedral

Categories: Chartres-Cathedral

Tags: #Chartres #france #Jesse Tree #TCS-photo #Archivolt #cathedral #Center #date estimate #Detail #exterior #north side

Window 001 - Jesse Tree, detail

Bottom to top: Jesse, David, King (Solomon?), King.

Prophets who testified of Christ's coming border the window.

Album: Chartres-Cathedral

Categories: Chartres-Cathedral

Tags: #12th century #Chartres #france #Jesse #Jesse Tree #King David #Solomon #TCS-photo #Win001 #cathedral #date estimate #Detail #prophets #stained glass

Window 006 - Good Samaritan (restored)

Bottom to top, left to right. Circles start at 6 o'clock, proceed left to right:
• Panels 1,2,3: Cobblers, the donors of the window

Album: Chartres-Cathedral

Categories: Chartres-Cathedral

Tags: #Chartres #france #Good Samaritan #TCS-photo #Win006 #cathedral #donors identified #interior #parable #restored #stained glass #type of Christ