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)
Lower Left: God on the third Day of Creation (Genesis 1:9-13)
God (crossed halo, bearded) sits, looking upward
Upper left: Creation of plants on the third Day of Creation (Genesis 1:9-13)
A mass of vegetation- many leaves and stems.
Upper Left: God on the Fourth Day of Creation (Genesis 1: 4-9)
God (crossed halo, bearded) sits, looking upward. He holds a large- disk-shaped object. (The moon?)
Upper Right Creation of the Sun and Moon on the Fourth Day of Creation (Genesis 1: 14-9)
Two angels with stylized clouds above and below. The one at left has short hair (a male?) and holds the disk of the sun. The angel at right has long unbound hair. (A female?)
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.
