LDS Scripture Commentary / Photos: Chartres Cathedral
Chartres, north side, right portal, archivolt
OUTER ARCH
• First archivolt: November knock down acorns for pig, December slaughter pig
• Second archivolt: Scorpio, Saggitarius [centaur or archer]
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RIGHT to left:
Window 065 - Clerestory, nave, south-west, lancet: Saint Mary of Egypt
Saint Mary of Egypt, meets Zozimus, is buried.
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Window 066 - Clerestory, nave, south-west, lancet: Saint Laumer
Saint Laumer, abbot of Corbion. Lying on his death bed, and visited by Saint Malard.
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Window 067 - Clerestory, name, south-west, small-rose: Abbot, unknown
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Chartres, north side, center portal
JAMB FIGURES
Right:
• Isaiah - hold flowering stem, the "rod out of Jesse." Jessee beneath.
• Jeremiah - with Greek cross
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Window 002 - Life of Christ
Bottom to top, left to right:
• Row 08: Triumphal entry to Jerusalem (3 frames).
• Row 09: Christ in Glory flanked by two angels.
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Jamb Figures (L to R) from right side of left portal
• Saint George [13th century, from period of porch addition]
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Window 033 - Saint Andrew
Bottom to top, left to right. (The first 5 rows are modern as of 1872, marked '*').
• Row 02*: Peter arrives at a town; a saint is crucified; Jesus speaks to an apostle.
• Row 03*: An apostle and two men; Two apostles pray while idols fall; Apostle sleeps on ground (see last panel of row 7).
• Row 04*: Jesus speaks with apostle; Apostles speaks to a group; Saint praying is struck with clubs.
• Row 05*: Two apostles speak; Apostle is lead to martyrdom; Apostle prays while menaced with a drawn sword.
SAINT ANDREW
Some panels have been replaced out of order, and some salvaged from the lower five rows; the story is easier to follow if the panels are swapped as indicated (** and ***).
• Row 06: Andrew prays before his cross (**); Andrew restores sight and gives a cloak (they meet in the first panel of row 13); Andrew gives communion (***).
• Row 07: Slays serpent that vomits blood; Has proconsul's wife go to raise the child from the dead; Saint Peter and Saint John appear to Andrew and tell him of his coming martyrdom.
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Chartres, north side, center portal
JAMB FIGURES
Left:
• Elisha (Far left) - Shumanite woman beneath.
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