Description
South Porch, Central Portal (Last Judgment Portal)
Lintel Right- The Damned
The archangel Michael (halo, barefooted) stands at left. He holds a set of scales (partially broken) with a small, naked human figure in one of the balance pans. On the other side, two small demons are trying to tip the balance of the scale.
At the top of the lintel, angels emerge from a layer of clouds. At right are the Damned. Beside Michael is a large hairy, naked devil, pushing the Damned toward Hell with its claws. In the front row of the damned are (left to right) 1) a bearded man in a pointed cap (a Jew?) 2) a tonsured monk wearing his habit, 3) a woman in fashionable 13th century garments, including a barbette (chin strap) and a tourette (flat tart-shaped hat) 4) a bishop or archbishop wearing a mitre 5) a bearded man wearing a crown and 6) a miser with his moneybag fastened around his neck. Compare with corresponding figures among the Blessed on the other end of the tympanum.
At the extreme right is the Mouth of Hell. It is a huge creature with hair and teeth of fire. Several grinning demons force the naked souls of the Damned into the Hellmouth.
Compare with panel 35 of the Western Rose window (Deremble-Manhes no. 143, Delaporte no. 176)
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.
