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The West (Royal) Portal
Chartres Cathedral - 1100s
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The Royal (West) Portal, the oldest (c1155) of the three portals - a set of Zodiac signs and monthly activities are to be found in the archivolts of the left and right hand doorways. The symbols of the four evangelists surround a mandorlaed Christ in a tatramorph in the central tympanum.
LINK TO CHARTRES WEST PORTAL ZODIAC SIGNS AND MONTHLY ACTIVITIES
LINK TO THE INCARNATION WINDOW IN THE WEST FACADE - ONE OF THE OLDEST IN THE CATHEDRAL
Right hand (south) door lintel: Annunciation, Visitation, Nativity (not shown) and (below) Shepherds getting the good news wow from a depleted archangel
Luke was the only gospel writer to mention the angel telling the shepherds in the field "keeping watch over their flock by night" about the birth.
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