west façade
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west façade from Rue Percheronne
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west façade from west/west/southwest
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west façade from west/southwest, morning
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west façade from west/southwest, evening
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west façade from west/southwest, oblique from below
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west façade from west/southwest, upper part. Center gable figures 19th c.
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west façade from west/southwest, lower part
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west portals, oblique from right
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west portals (Royal Portal), frontal. Details below are from this portal complex.
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north door
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north door, tympanum: Ascension or Second Coming; lintel: apostles; archivolts: Zodiac, labors of the months
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center door
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center door, tympanum: Christ in Majesty; lintel: apostles; archivolts: angels, elders of the Apocalypse
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south door
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south door, Infancy of Christ. Tympanum: Virgin and Child; middle register: Presentation; lintel: Annunciation through Shepherds; archivolts: angels, Liberal Arts, scribes
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center tympanum: Christ in Majesty, lintel: Apostles
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center tympanum: Christ, oblique from left
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center tympanum: Christ oblique from below, archivolt angels
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center tympanum: winged bull, archivolt angels
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center north archivolts 1
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center north archivolts 2
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center north archivolts 3
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center north archivolts 4
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center north archivolts 5
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center north archivolts 6
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center top archivolts
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center south archivolts 5
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center south archivolts 4
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center south archivolts 3
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center south archivolts 2
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center south archivolts 1
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pier between north and center doors. Center top: David?
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pier between north and center doors and center north jamb figures
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center north jamb figures, slightly from left
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center north jamb figures
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center north jamb figures, upper parts
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center south jamb figures
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center south jamb figures, upper parts
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center south pilaster figures and jamb base
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North door; archivolt details following are from this door. Right, April: spring crowned with flowers; left, July: cutting grass with sickle. Below, capital frieze: Massacre of the Innocents
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right top, May: hunting; left top, August: untying sheaves; left bottom: Cancer; right bottom: Ares
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top, September: grapes harvested and put into vat; left bottom: Leo; right bottom Taurus
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right bottom, March: pruning vines; left bottom: June, reaping w scythe; left top: Virgo; right top: Sagittarius
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left top, March: pruning vines; right top, December: feasting; left bottom: Aquarius; right bottom: Scorpio
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left bottom, January: Janus cuts bread; left top, February: warming hands; left center: Capricorn; right bottom, October: harvesting acorns; right top, November: killing a pig; right center: Libra (scales lost)
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