Iconography

ARCHITECTURE

Britain / Canterbury / Cathedral / North Choir Aisle / n. XV (containing parts of Second and Sixth Typological Windows)

MAGIC AND SCIENCE

Geography / Maps and globes / World maps

RELIGIOUS ICONOGRAPHY

Typology and Prophecy / Cycles / Stained Glass / Canterbury Cathedral / Sixth Typological Window (parts inserted in n. XIV and XV) / 4th register: The Three Measures of Meal
Old Testament / Genesis / Noah / The sons of Noah as Ancestors of the peoples of the earth (cf. Gen. 9:19)
Life of Christ / Ministry / Parables / Miscellaneous, on non-agricultural themes / The Three Measures of Meal (Matth. 13:33, Luke 13:20-1)
The Church / Ecclesiastical Allegory / Personifications of Ecclesia

Further details

The parable of the Three Measures of Meal (lost, formerly panel 21) is illustrated with the the Three Virtuous States of Virginity, Continence of the widowed, and Matrimony, and Ecclesia ruling over the whole earth, signified by the three sons of Noe

Artist or creator

English
anonymous

Date

1178 - 1180

Location

Canterbury, Christ Church Cathedral, North Quire Aisle (n. XV, 2nd register, panel 12; originally Sixth Typological Window, panel 22)

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, p. 125

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