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South Portal by Juan of Castile, 1517-18The portal extends upward for two stories and is framed by two buttresses. The door jambs--at the lowest level--depict the twelve Apostles. |
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Our Lady of the Three Kings (or Santa Maria de Belém)The infant Jesus holds a vessel containing the gifts of the Magi. Female saints under canopies are at the level of Mary and the Doctors and Fathers of the Church are above them. At the very top is the Archangel Michael. |
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Tympana, South Portal, with scenes from the life of Saint Jerome above the doorway and the Portuguese coat of arms in the arch between the two tympana; underneath the tympana on the door frame medallions representing possibly Queen Maria and King ManuelThe scene on the left depicts Jerome in Cardinal's robes pulling a thorn from the paw of the lion, which thereafter became his devoted friend--adventures recounted in the Golden Legend. The scene on the right depicts the penitential saint in the desert. He holds a large stone with which he may beat his breast and kneels before a crucifix.
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A secular figure: Henry the Navigator, trumeau, South PortalThis restored statue may have originally held a sword aloft. The statue commemorates Manuel's ancestor, and Manuel was in fact Prince Henry's adopted grandson. Both administered the Order of Christ (Pereiera 57). |
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Three of the Twelve Apostles, on the left hand side jambs of the South Portal; the enormous window with elaborate carved frame
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The long southern facade set parallel to the riverWith a horizontal emphasis, the extensive facade is more than 300 meters long and made of pedra lioz, a faux marble (or white limestone) from local quarries. |