Twostatues stand on either sideofthe southtransept portal of the StrasbourgCathedral, one personifying the Church in the figure of the triumphantEcclesia,the otherrepresentingJudaism as the humiliatedSynagoga.Between the two sitsKing Solomon on his throne, the sword of“Solomon’sjudgment”restingonhisknee²;above him,Jesus holds an orb,symbolizing his cosmic statusasthe arbit-er on the dayo…