Iconography
ARCHITECTURE
Britain / Canterbury / Cathedral / North Choir Aisle / n. XIV (containing parts of the Third, Fourth and Sixth Typological Windows)
RELIGIOUS ICONOGRAPHY
Typology and Prophecy / Types and Prophecies from the Old Testament / Genesis / Gen. 3:7: Adam and Eve with fig-leaves / Type for the Calling of Nathanael in the shadow of a fig-tree
Typology and Prophecy / Antitypes for episodes from the Ministry of Christ / Calling of Apostles / Calling of Nathanael in the shadow of a fig-tree (Jn 1:47-51) / with Gen. 3:7: Adam and Even in fig-leaves
Further details
The lowermost panels originally flanked a (lost) Christ preaching from the Sixth Typological Window, they show the Gentiles (left) and the Pharisees (right); Types for the Calling of Nathanael under the fig-tree are lost (Adam and Eve with fig-leaves were panel 42, the Israelites under the Law 44)
Artist or creator
Date
1178 - 1180
Location
Canterbury, Christ Church Cathedral, North Quire Aisle (n. XXIV, 1st and 2nd registers (the lowermost panels 6 and 8 originally in the Sixth Typological Window, panels 34 and 36), the central panel 7 originally in the Fourth Typological Window, panel 43)
Associated persons
Ian Jones (The Warburg Institute) (Photographer (analogue))
Notes on photograph
Bibliographic Citation
Madeleine H. Caviness, The Windows of Christ Church Cathedral Canterbury (Corpus Vitrearum Medii Aevi, Great Britain, 2), London 1981, pp. 108f., 120f.
Rights and Permissions
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Contact
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