An introduction to English church architecture : from the eleventh to the sixteenth century (1913)
Bond, Francis, d. 1918 · London : H. Milford · leaf 196
gical import ofthe genealogy of Christ. Mr Westlake thus describes the famous Jesse window atChartres. On a couch at the bottom sleeps Jesse; from Jesse the tree springsupward ; on its trunk sit kings in the central compartments holding in their handsits branches which shoot out laterally. Above… … F. B. Byland Abbey, Yorkshire 6/2 ENGLISH CHURCH ARCHITECTURE her in the top compartment Our Lord ; around Him are nimbed doves representingthe gifts of the Holy Spirit spoken of in Isaiah, chap, xi.^ In the side compart-ments, on the branches of the tree, stand the prophets, who may be called in a…
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