Description
Royal Portal, Left Door
Tympanum - Upper Part
The tympanum of the left door shows the Ascension or the Second Coming. Christ (crossed halo) stands on a cloud, supported by two angels. Below are four angels (descending from the clouds?) Some of them have their mouths open (singing?). On the archivolts are the Signs of the Zodiac and the Labors of the Months. See Fassler, pp 507-10.
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.
