Description
Royal Portal, Left Portal - Archivolts- Left
Zodiac and Labours of the Months
At bottom left is a lion, the Sign of Leo. Note the unusual front limb.
At bottom right is a bull, the Sign of Taurus. It is standing in front of stylized trees.
At top left is the Labour of September -Winemaking. A man empties a basket of grapes into a vat. Another man picks grapes from an overhead vine.
At top right is the Labour of June. A bearded barefoot man makes hay. He once held an object that was probably a scythe.
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.
