Description
North Porch, Central Portal
Outer Archivolts with figures of God from Genesis (outer) and the Creation of the Earth and the Fall of Man (inner)
Animals in Eden? (Genesis 29-31)
A number of birds and animals, which may represent God giving Adam dominion over creature of the world. Among them are a sheep and a horse-like creature with a smaller one by its side (an illustration of God’s injunction to “increase and multiply” ?)
Subject
Cathédrale de Chartres--Pictorial works.;Church decoration and ornament--France--Chartres--Pictorial works.;Church architecture--France--Chartres--Pictorial works.;Christian art and symbolism--France--Chartres--Medieval, 500-1500--Pictorial works.
