Amiens Cathedral
Date
begun 1220
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View in Mapping Gothic
Basilique Cathédrale Notre-Dame d'Amiens
Noah's ark
Abraham offers bread and wine
Abraham and three angels
God renews promise all nations will be unified with Abraham
God has demanded a sacrifice; Abraham loads mule
After three days come to the place of sacrifice
Donkey unharnessed
Abraham, about to sacrifice Isaac, is shown a goat
Abraham sacrifices goats
Abraham now old, Isaac to take a wife
Caravan of 10 camels heads for Mesopotamia
Rebecca waters camels
Eliezar asks for water
Rebecca offers more water; Eliezar offers presents
Eliezar offers presents
Eliezar received in house of Bethuel
Departure of Rebecca
Rebecca, pregnant, in prayer
The children grown, Esau (hunter) and Jacob
Isaac calls Esau for game
Rebecca dresses Jacob as Esau
Jacob brings 2 goats to Rebecca
Jacob, dressed as Esau, before Isaac
Isaac, seated, approached by Jacob
Isaac blesses Jacob
Esau brings his game to Isaac
Esau's anger, Rebecca urges Jacob to flee
Jacob's ladder
Jacob pours oil on altar (titulus)
Jacob approaches Rebecca
Laban returns to receive Eliezar
Laban awaits Jacob who places hand on chest
Laban proposes a pact of alliance with Jacob
Jacob at Mahanaïm visited by three angels
Jacob sends messengers with gifts to Esau
Messengers announce that Esau is attacking with 400 men
Jacob wrestles with angel
Jacob and Esau embrace
Joseph tells brothers of dream of sheaves
Joseph tells brothers of dream of sun and moon
Egyptian merchants arrive with spices
Joseph, pulled out of well, is sold to merchants
Misplaced image of tower
Ruben returns to well to find Joseph gone
Ruben asks, where is Joseph?
Joseph brought before Potiphar who pays merchants
Potiphar's wife tries to seduce Joseph
Joseph flees Potiphar's wife
Potiphar's wife calls guards
Potiphar's wife accuses Joseph who is in prison
Potiphar's two eunuchs, butler and baker, offend him and are imprisoned
Pharaoh summons all magicians in Egypt
Butler tells Pharaoh of Joseph
Pharaoh goes to liberate Joseph from Prison
Misplaced--now at 110
David and Goliath
Goliath is killed
Saul equips David to fight Goliath
David fights lion
Moses strikes water from rock
Golden Serpent
Cult of the idol of Moloch--colossal bronze carnivorous calf
Sons of Aaron, Nadab and Abin, offer sacrifice--it is rejected--they expire
God writes new Tables (end of Exodus)
Moses pulverizes Calf, makes Hebrew children drink
The Golden Calf; Moses throws down Tablets
Moses receives Law; Aaron makes Golden Calf
Aaron puts manna in ark (looks like a châsse)
Israelites gather manna in desert
Israelites leave, following a column of smoke
Pharaoh learns of murder; Moses takes flight
Moses kills Egyptian who is abusing Hebrew
Pharaoh's daughter adopts child and calls him Moses
Mother nurses
Mother hired as wetnurse
Pharaoh's daughter finds child
Hebrew child hidden in ark; mother's sister watches
Pharaoh has Hebrew babies drowned
Misplaced: probably originally at 56; 43 was here
Jacob leaves goods to Joseph
Jacob blesses Ephraim and Manesses
Jacob, ill, is laid out on bed
Jacob has Joseph promise to bury him with his ancestors
Joseph presents his family to Pharaoh
Jacob joins Joseph who removes his hat
Brothers return to Jacob
Joseph embraces Benjamin and brothers
Brothers return to Joseph; Joseph reveals identity
The sacks are opened; discovery of silver cup
Joseph sends guards after his brothers
Joseph has sacks refilled; adds silver cup for Benjamin
Hebrews dine separately from Egyptians
Joseph enters; brothers offer presents
Simeon released from prison; feet washed
Brothers are afraid; intendant calms them
Joseph welcomes his brothers
Benjamin presented to Joseph
Brothers travel back to Egypt with Benjamin
Jacob sends brothers back to Egypt with Benjamin
Brothers return to Jacob to tell him governor of Egypt demands youngest
Discovery of the silver coins hidden in sack
Nine brothers return on foot with grain on donkeys
Joseph has silver coins put in one sack of grain
Joseph keeps hostage while others sons return
Joseph charges sons as spies; sends them to prison
The brothers before Joseph
Famine in Canaan: Joseph sends sons to Egypt for grain
Arms of Dean Adrien de Hénencourt
Pharaoh has Joseph marry Asenath, daughter of Potepherah, priest of On