North Porch - Right Portal - General View

c 1194 -1230

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North Porch - Right Portal - General View

Title
North Porch - Right Portal - General View
Contributor
Jane Vadnal
Date
c 1194 -1230
Identifier
FCAE222L0110
Description
Façade
Gothic
Exterior North Transept Right Portal of the North Porch. General View. The lintel shows the Judgment of Solomon and the tympanum shows Job on the Dung heap. The inner archivolts show various stories from the Old Testament. The jamb statues on the left are Balaam, Queen of Sheba and Solomon and on the right are Jesus ben Sirach(?), Judith (?) and Joseph. Also visible are the column statues and the sculpted outer archivolts (Signs of the Zodiac and Labours of the Months).
North Transept
Type
still image
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.
Geographic Subjects
France
Chartres
Collection
Chartres: Cathedral of Notre-Dame
Contributor
University of Pittsburgh
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