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Historical Archive: Chartres Cathedral Exterior, west end center and lower parts of towers shortly before mid-12th c. Royal Portal sculpture 1140s-c.1150 south spire completed around 1165, north spire Jean Texier/Jehan de Beauce 1507-1513 restored under Patrice Calvel 2008-2012 west façade west façade from Rue Percheronne west façade from west/west/southwest west façade from west/southwest, morning west façade from west/southwest, evening west façade from west/southwest, oblique from below west façade from west/southwest, upper part. Center gable figures 19th c. west façade from west/southwest, lower part west portals, oblique from right west portals (Royal Portal), frontal. Details below are from this portal complex. north door north door, tympanum: Ascension or Second Coming; lintel: apostles; archivolts: Zodiac, labors of the months center door center door, tympanum: Christ in Majesty; lintel: apostles; archivolts: angels, elders of the Apocalypse south door south door, Infancy of Christ. Tympanum: Virgin and Child; middle register: Presentation; lintel: Annunciation through Shepherds; archivolts: angels, Liberal Arts, scribes center tympanum: Christ in Majesty, lintel: Apostles center tympanum: Christ, oblique from left center tympanum: Christ oblique from below, archivolt angels center tympanum: winged bull, archivolt angels center north archivolts 1 center north archivolts 2 center north archivolts 3 center north archivolts 4 center north archivolts 5 center north archivolts 6 center top archivolts center south archivolts 5 center south archivolts 4 center south archivolts 3 center south archivolts 2 center south archivolts 1 pier between north and center doors. Center top: David? pier between north and center doors and center north jamb figures center north jamb figures, slightly from left center north jamb figures center north jamb figures, upper parts center south jamb figures center south jamb figures, upper parts center south pilaster figures and jamb base 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 right top, May: hunting; left top, August: untying sheaves; left bottom: Cancer; right bottom: Ares top, September: grapes harvested and put into vat; left bottom: Leo; right bottom Taurus right bottom, March: pruning vines; left bottom: June, reaping w scythe; left top: Virgo; right top: Sagittarius left top, March: pruning vines; right top, December: feasting; left bottom: Aquarius; right bottom: Scorpio 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)