South Portal (1224-50): New Testament

The south portal, still waiting its turn to be cleaned, was carved between 1224 and 1250 on the theme of the New Testament, centered on the Last Judgment.
In the central scene Christ appears human, mild and gentle, an image that became known as the Beau-Dieu, the "handsome God."
The left bay has sculptures of martyrs; the right bay figures of confessors (saints who were not martyred).
Among the former are two interestingly contrasting knightly figures: St. George as a grim older man and St. Theodore as a handsome young hero.