Bay 106 - Moses /
John the Baptist / Creation and the Fall /
St Nicholas / the Parable of Dives and Lazarus
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List of Scenes:
Light A - Life of Moses
A1 - Pharaoh's daughter finding the
infant Moses
A2 - Moses and the burning bush
A3 - Moses draws water from a rock
in the desert
A4 - Moses and the brazen serpent
Light B - Life of John the
Baptist
B1 - The annunciation to Zaccharias
B2 - Nativity of John the Baptist
B3 - Naming of John the Baptist
B4 - Decapitation of John the Baptist
B5 - John the Baptist's head is presented
to Herodias
B6 - Burial of John the Baptist's
body
Light C - Creation and the
Fall
C1 - God separating the earth &
seas / making the sun, moon & stars
C2 - God creating Adam / God creating
Eve
C3 - God confronting Adam and Eve
after they have tasted of the fruit
C4 - An angel gives Adam and Eve clothes
(Gen 3:21)
C5 - Eve spinning and Adam digging
C6 - Angel with candlestick / Christ
of the Resurrection
C7 - Adoring Angels
Light D - Life of St Nicholas
D1 - The infant Nicholas refusing
his mother's milk
D2 - An inn-keeper kills three young
scholars in their sleep
D3 - The old man whose three daughters
were saved by St Nicholas
D4 - St Nicholas resuscitates the
three murdered scholars
D5 - Unknown scene from the life of
St Nicholas ?
D6 - An empty altar
Light E - the Parable of Dives
& Lazarus (Luke 16:19-31)
E1 - The rich man (Dives) counting
his gold
E2 - The rich man on his death-bed
E3 - The poor beggar (Lazarus) dies,
comforted by an angel
E4 - The soul of Lazarus in Abraham's
bosom
Locations of the panels:
At first sight these lancets may seem like rather a mixed bunch, without much in common theologically. There are some connections however, particularly between the first and last lights which shouldn't present too much of a challenge to the DIY exegete.
The second half of Jesus' parable about Dives and Lazarus tells how the rich man, burning in Hell, pleads with Abraham to send a warning to his surviving relatives of what lies in store for them if they do not change their ways. Abraham however rejects his plea, reminding him that; (Luke 16:29) "They have Moses and the prophets; let them hear them". [...] and (16:31) "If they hear not Moses and the prophets, neither will they believe, if one rise again from the dead."
The episodes selected from Moses' life for light A all have common exegetical interpretations, which also appear in the earlier typological windows of the axial chapel (and in similar windows at Sens, Bourges and elsewhere) - the burning bush was a common antitype for the Virgin birth, the water brought forth in the desert is the spiritual nourishment of the blood of the Crucifixion and the brazen serpent is a common type for the Crucifixion itself. John the Baptist is of course the last prophet to signal the coming of Him who would rise from the dead. Thus the first two lights (A & B) present the message of Moses and the life of the final prophet before Christ, whilst light E contains a reminder of the importance of heeding the words of Moses and the prophets. As for lights C & D on the other hand... anybody's guess!