_From left to right_: 1. Annunciation: Gabriel and Mary. 2. Visitation: Mary and Elizabeth. 3. Presentation: Virgin and Child and the High Priest Simeon. The first two groups are especially remarkable for nobleness of attitude and harmonious robes. On the basements, in the quatre-foil medallions, are carved various biblical scenes relating to the large statues surmounting them. _To the right_, under the _Annunciation_, four medallions with figures of the Virgin according to the Mosaic Law: _The Stone rolling down from the Mountain_; _Gideon's fleece_. Below: _The Burning Bush_; _Aaron's Rod_. Under the _Visitation_: _The Nativity of St. John the Baptist_; _Annunciation of the coming birth of John, to Zachariah_; _Zachariah struck_ [Illustration: "MOTHER-OF-GOD" DOOR.] _dumb for unbelief_. Below: _Birth of St. John_ and _Zachariah naming the child John_. Under the _Presentation_ are four scenes from the childhood of Christ: _Flight into Egypt_; _Falling down of the Egyptian Idols at the approach of Jesus_. Below: _Jesus in the midst of the Doctors_; _Jesus taken back to Nazareth_ (_photo p. 14_). To the left, under _The Wise Men and Herod_, story of the Wise Men: _Balaam's star_; _Micah's prophecy at Bethlehem_; _The Wise Men before Herod_; _Massacre of the Innocents_. Below: _The Wise Men warned in a dream to return by another way_; _the Wise Men depart by ship from Tharsis_; _Burning of the Fleet of Tharsis_; _Herod orders the ships of Tharsis to be burnt_. Under _Salomon and the Queen of Sheba_; _Solomon receives the Queen of Sheba_; _Solomon on his throne_; _Solomon's feast_. Below: _Solomon praying_; _Solomon shows his treasures to the Queen of Sheba_. The tympanum (_photo below_) is divided into three parts: 1. Six patriarchs or prophets. 2. _Left_: Burial of the Virgin. _Right_: The Assumption. 3. Crowning of the Virgin. In the arches are angels bearing censers, the Kings of Judah and other ancestors of the Virgin. [Illustration: TYMPANUM OF THE "MOTHER-OF-GOD" DOOR.] St. Firmin's door (_see p. 11_) This door was dedicated to the religious history of Picardy. A fine statue of St. Firmin, first bishop of Amiens, adorns the dividing pier. Crosier in hand and mitre on head, he blesses the faithful (_photo below_). [Illustration: ST. FIRMIN'S DOOR. _Left_: St Firmin blessing. _Right_: 6 statues of bishops and martyrs. _In medallions_: Peasants' calendar (_December-May_) with zodiacal signs.] On either side are six large statues representing the most notable among the first bishops, martyrs, and saints of the diocese (_photo above_). Scenes illustrating the round of tasks of the peasants are carved in the medallions on the basement. Above each scene of digging, reaping, harvesting, etc., appears the zodiacal sign of the corresponding month. In the calendar of Amiens, the year opens with the month of December and the sign of Capricorn (_first medallion on the right_).