 One of the earliest portals of the Gothic period was that at Chartres Cathedral, where the three portals of the west front show the three epiphanies in the Life of Christ.At Amiens, the tympanum over the central portal depicted the Last Judgement, the right portal showed the Coronation of the Virgin, and the left portal showed the lives of saints who were important in the diocese.This set a pattern of complex iconography which was followed at other churches.