Iconography

ARCHITECTURE

Britain / Cambridge / King's College / Chapel - stained glass / South wall

RELIGIOUS ICONOGRAPHY

Typology and Prophecy / Types and Prophecies from the Old Testament / Genesis / Gen. 37:23-24: Joseph thrown into the cistern / Type for the Entombment of Christ (BP, SHS) / Miscellaneous
Typology and Prophecy / Types and Prophecies from the Old Testament / Exodus / Exod. 14:15-28: The Passing through the Red Sea and the Death of the Egyptians / Type for the Harrowing of Hell (SHS, few manuscripts only) / Miscellaneous
Typology and Prophecy / Antitypes for episodes from the Passion of Christ / Entombment of Christ / with Gen. 37:23-24: Joseph thrown into the cistern (BP, SHS) / Miscellaneous
Typology and Prophecy / Antitypes for episodes from the Resurrection of Christ to the Coronation of the Virgin / Harrowing of Hell / with Exod. 14:21-22: Passing through the Red Sea (SHS, few manuscripts only) / Miscellaneous
Life of Christ / Passion / Entombment / Christ's body carried to the tomb
Life of Christ / After the Passion / Harrowing of Hell / Christ leading the Fathers out of Limbo - trampling the broken doors of Hell

Further details

Scenes 15.2: Entombment of Christ and 15.4: Harrowing of Hell; according to Wayment c.1535

Artist or creator

Southwark

Date

1515 - 1547

Location

Cambridge, King's College Chapel

Notes on photograph

Bibliographic Citation

Hilary Wayment, The Windows of King's College Chapel Cambridge, London 1972, pp. 88-89

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