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Sculpture, North Portal, Chartres cathedral, France

L-r; Melchizedek, King of Salem, dressed as a high priest with robes and incense, standing on a sacrificial lamb; Abraham with his son Isaac, whom he is ready to give in sacrifice, standing on the ram; Moses, holding the tablets of the law with a snake on a column; Aaron slaughtering a lamb in the temple, and King David, holding a spear and standing on the lion of the family of Judah, from the left splay of the central bay of the North Portal, built 1198-1217, Chartres Cathedral, Eure-et-Loir, France. The North Portal was the last of the 3 portals to be built at Chartres and is monumental in scale. Its sculpted works follow the theme of Redemption. Chartres cathedral was built 1194-1250 and is a fine example of Gothic architecture. It was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1979. Picture by Manuel Cohen

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L-r; Melchizedek, King of Salem, dressed as a high priest with robes and incense, standing on a sacrificial lamb; Abraham with his son Isaac, whom he is ready to give in sacrifice, standing on the ram; Moses, holding the tablets of the law with a snake on a column; Aaron slaughtering a lamb in the temple, and King David, holding a spear and standing on the lion of the family of Judah, from the left splay of the central bay of the North Portal, built 1198-1217, Chartres Cathedral, Eure-et-Loir, France. The North Portal was the last of the 3 portals to be built at Chartres and is monumental in scale. Its sculpted works follow the theme of Redemption. Chartres cathedral was built 1194-1250 and is a fine example of Gothic architecture. It was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1979. Picture by Manuel Cohen