Amiens (Somme), Notre-Dame, plan.
After Addis and Murray.
Amiens, Notre-Dame, nave.
Photograph courtesy of Whitney S.
Stoddard.
and jamb figures of the Apostles. The left portal is dedicated to St. Firmin, the first
bishop-martyr of Amiens, with other local saints on the jambs. The Virgin is honored on
the right door with a tympanum depicting her death and coronation and jamb figures
representing an infancy cycle. The piers and basements contain statues and reliefs of
prophets, Virtues and Vices, and signs of the zodiac and months. The heavy drapery with
broad angular folds enhances the direct presentation of iconographic themes.
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