Highways and Byways in Cambridge and ElyConybeare, John William Edward
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Highways and Byways in Cambridge and Ely
Conybeare, John William Edward
Cambridgeshire (England) -- Description and travel; Isle of Ely (England) -- Description and travel
In the right-hand type, Tobias has his dog with him, and also his
angel guardian Raphael. That Christ appeared to His Mother is first
found in St. Ambrose, who mentions it as undoubted. She is here shown
kneeling at a prayer-desk.
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In the next window we find:
TYPE | TYPE
Reuben finds Joseph taken away | Darius, at the Lions' den, sees
from the pit. | Daniel living.
|
ANTITYPE | ANTITYPE
The Marys find Jesus taken away |Mary Magdalene, at the Sepulchre,
from the Sepulchre. | sees Jesus living.
In the last scene Christ is represented with a spade, inasmuch as Mary
Magdalene supposed Him to be the gardener. Her very pronounced
costume, with its astonishing golden ear-covers, is probably a German
fashion of the early sixteenth century.
* * * * *
The fifth window gives the story of Christ's appearance to the
disciples who went to Emmaus:
TYPE | TYPE
Tobias, on his journey, is joined | Habakkuk shares his meal with
by the angel Raphael, in | Daniel at Babylon.
appearance a wayfaring man. | (_Bel and the Dragon_, v. 33.)
(_Tobit_, v. 4.) |
|
ANTITYPE | ANTITYPE
The two disciples on their journey | Christ shares the meal of
are joined by Christ, in | disciples at Emmaus.
appearance a wayfaring man. |
Observe that the bread in Our Lord's hand appears to be, not broken,
but cut clean as with a knife. There was a mediaeval legend to the
effect that He showed His divine power by thus breaking it. Note, too,
Raphael's brilliant green and crimson wings, put in to denote his
angelic nature, though the story postulates their absence.
* * * * *
The following window (that next to the screen) deals with the story of
St. Thomas (John xx.), and has been wrongly arranged: what are now the
right-hand scenes should be the left so as to come first. It now
stands thus:
TYPE | TYPE
The Prodigal Son returns to his | Joseph meets Jacob in Egypt.
Father. |
|
ANTITYPE | ANTITYPE
Thomas returns to belief in Jesus.| Jesus meets His Disciples at
| Supper.
We find in the first scene here what is perhaps the most ably drawn
figure in the entire series of windows, that of the Elder Brother.
Observe the utter contempt and disgust written on his face and in his
whole attitude. He wears a pair of most aggressively red leggings.
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Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.
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