Occurrence of Attributes in Original Text
The text related to the cultural heritage 'Chartres Cathedral' has mentioned 'Porch' in the following places:
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Early in the French Revolution a mob attacked and began to destroy the sculpture on the north porch, but was stopped by a larger crowd of townspeople. | WIKI |
One major exception to this scheme is the presence of large statues of St Modesta (a local martyr) and St Potentian on the north west corner of the porch, close to a small doorway where pilgrims visiting the crypt (where their relics were stored) would once have emerged. | WIKI |
The personifications of the vita activa (directly overhead, just inside the inside of the left hand porch) are of particular interest for their meticulous depictions of the various stages in the preparation of flax xe2x80x93 an important cash crop in the area during the Middle Ages. | WIKI |
The arches and columns of the porch are lavishly decorated with sculpture representing the labours of the months, the signs of the zodiac, and statues representing the virtues and vices. | WIKI |
On top of the porch, between the gables, are pinnacles in the arcades with statues of eighteen Kings, beginning with King David, representing the lineage of Christ, and linking the Old Testament and the New. | WIKI |
The north transept rose (10.5xc2xa0m diameter, c. 1235), like much of the sculpture in the north porch beneath it, is dedicated to the Virgin. | WIKI |
Work nevertheless progressed rapidly: the south porch with most of its sculpture was installed by 1210, and by 1215 the north porch and the west rose window were completed. | WIKI |
Textiles were sold around the north transept, while meat, vegetable and fuel sellers congregated around the south porch. | WIKI |