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  • Central section, west front

    • North and central sections, west front.

      North door between two buttresses, central section to right with central porch. View of lower part.

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      • Buttress between north door and central porch.

        Statues on the west face of buttress.

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      • Lower levels, north and central sections, west front.

        Left to right: north tower buttress, north door, north buttress, central porch.

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      • Upper levels, north and central sections, west front.

        Shows great west window into nave. Windows in gable above light the roof area above the vaults.

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      • North buttress, west front

        Photo taken after cleaning, summer, 2001. Statue numbers 129 and 86 on buttress face; numbers 132 and 133 below main nave window; and numbers 89 and 90 between buttress and window.

        • Statue, north buttress, west front

          Photo taken after cleaning, summer, 2001. Statue number 86, tier 2, west face of north buttress.

        • Statues, north side, central section, window level.

          Statues are tucked in between buttress to north of center section and the great west window.

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        • Statues, north side, central section, upper window level.

          Statues are on west face of buttress to north of center section. Great west nave window to right. Band of carving marks division between nave vault and roof gable.

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    • Central section, after cleaning

      View of central portion of west front taken summer, 2001, after extensive cleaning.

      • Central porch and statues above.

        Buttresses to the north and south of porch, statues over the porch, great west nave window above statues.

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      • Central porch and statues above.

        Statues above are 19th century. Buttress and north tower to left of image.

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        • Central porch and statues above

          View taken summer, 2001, after cleaning.

        • Statues above central porch

          Photo taken summer, 2004.

          • Statues above central porch

            Statue numbers 132-142 above central porch in west facade. Taken after cleaning, summer, 2001.

          • Statue niches above central porch, north section.

            Empty niches are on south face of buttress at north side of central porch. Statue at right is St. Barbara, the northernmost of the row of statues above the central porch.

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          • Statues above central porch, north section.

            Left to right: St. Barbara, St. Katherine of Alexandria, St. Roche.

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          • Statues above central porch, central section.

            Left to right: St. Roche, St Nicholas of Myra, St. George of Cappadocia.

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          • Statues above central porch, central section.

            Left to right: St. Christopher, St. Sebastian, St. Cosmas.

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          • Detail, statues above central porch, central section.

            Left to right: St. Christopher, St. Sebastian, St. Cosmas.

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          • Detail, statues above central porch, southern section.

            Left to right: St. Damian, St. Margaret of Antioch, St. Ursula.

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          • Statues above porch, northern section

            Photo taken after cleaning, summer, 2004.

          • Statues above porch, southern section

            Photo taken after cleaning, summer, 2004.

          • Statues above porch, southern section

            Photo taken after cleaning, summer, 2004.

      • Central porch.

        • Central porch, after cleaning

          View taken in summer, 2004.

          • North gable, central porch.

            Buttress to left.

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            • North gable, central porch

              Photo taken after cleaning, summer, 2001.

            • North gable, central porch

              Photo taken after cleaning, summer, 2001.

            • Water spout, north corner of central porch

              Photo taken after cleaning, summer, 2004.

              • Water spout, north corner, central porch

                Photo taken summer, 2001, after cleaning.

            • Water spout between north and central gables.

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              • Water spout between north and central gables.

                Photo taken after cleaning, summer, 2001.

          • South gable, central porch.

            Buttress to right.

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            • South gable, central porch

              Taken after cleaning, summer, 2001.

            • Water spout between central and south gables.

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              • Water spout between central and south gables

                Photo taken after cleaning, summer, 2001.

              • Water spout between central and south gables

                Photo taken after cleaning, summer, 2001.

              • Water spout between central and south gables

                Photo taken after cleaning, summer, 2001.

          • Interior, south wall, central porch.

            Can see through to covered space below south gable, at right. Door would be to left of image.

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            • Detail, interior, south wall, central porch.

            • Ornament, south side, central door.

              Ornament on south side adjacent to door, at join of west wall and south wall of porch. Capitals of colonnettes in jamb, with corresponding moldings above.

            • Ornament, south side, central door.

              Molding adjacent to door at corner between south wall and west wall with door.

            • Detail, carved molding, south side, central door.

              Ornament on molding adjacent to door, just above colonnette capitals.

            • Detail, carved molding, south side, central door.

              Molding around the south part of central door.

          • Central portal, tympanum over door.

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            • Closeup, central portal, tympanum over door.

            • Central portal, tympanum over door

              Photo taken after cleaning, summre, 2001.

            • Detail, central porch, tympanum over door.

              13th century heads of angels above 19th century figures in niches.

            • Detail, central porch, tympanum.

              Carvings of heads in quatrefoils in spandrels above niches, right side.

            • Detail, central porch, tympanum.

              Carvings of heads in quatrefoils in spandrels above niches, left side.

          • Interior, north wall, central porch.

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            • Interior, north side, central porch.

              Niches on west wall under north gable of central portal.

            • Ornament, north side, central door.

              Molding on north side adjacent to door, at join of west wall and north wall of porch.

            • Detail, carved molding, north side, central door.

              Molding on north side of central door.

          • North door, central portal.

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          • South door, central portal.

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      • Upper gable, after cleaning

    • Central and south sections, west front.

      Central portal, west nave window above, south tower under scaffolding.

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      • Statues, south side, central section, window level.

        Statues tucked in between nave window and buttress to south of central portal, and statues on west face of buttress.

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      • Statues, south side, central section, upper window level.

        Statues are on west face of buttress to south of central portal. Decorative band at left articulates the division between nave and roof above vaults.

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      • South buttress, west front

        Photo taken after cleaning, summer, 2001. Statue numbers 145 and 95 on buttress face; numbers 141-142 below main nave window; numbers 91 and 92 between window and buttress.

        • Statue, tier 2

          Statue on west face of south buttress, shown after cleaning.

          • Statue, tier 2

            Statue on west face of south buttress, shown after cleaning.

        • Statue, tier 3

          Statue of west face of south buttress, shown after cleaning.