Description
South Porch, Central Portal (Last Judgment Portal)
Lintel Center - St Michael
At the top of the lintel, angels emerge from a layer of clouds. Below them at left stand the Blessed looking upwards. Next to Michael, an angel faces the Blessed. From left to right, there is a tonsured monk, a bishop or archbishop with a crosier and crowned figure. Many of the blessed press their palms together in prayer.
The archangel Michael (halo, barefooted) stands at center. 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 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) a bearded man in a pointed cap (a Jew?). a tonsured monk, and a woman in fashionable 13th century garments, including a barbette (chin strap) and a tourette (flat tart-shaped hat)
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.
