Iconography
ARCHITECTURE
Britain / Canterbury / Cathedral / North Choir Aisle / n. XV (containing parts of Second and Sixth Typological Windows)
RELIGIOUS ICONOGRAPHY
Typology and Prophecy / Cycles / Stained Glass / Canterbury Cathedral / Sixth Typological Window (parts inserted in n. XIV and XV) / 6th register: The Parable of the Sower, first part
Further details
This scene shows many disciples leaving Christ after He declared Himself to be the Bread of Life (John 6:67, cf. John 6:54), it illustrates the seed falling on stony ground in the Parable of the Sower (since the 13th century called Christ and the Pharisees)
Artist or creator
Date
1178 - 1180
Location
Canterbury, Christ Church Cathedral, North Quire Aisle (n. XV, 2nd register, panel 13; originally Sixth Typological Window, panel 29)
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. 121
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