Jesse Tree Window

Stained glass
Canterbury Cathedral

Lying at the bottom of the window is Jesse, whose "root" is celebrated in Isaiah 11. A "tree" arises from this "root" — first King David, then three kings descended from him, and finally the Virgin Mary and her son the Christ. The figures of Jesse and the kings are flanked by Old Testament prophets, who are identified by banderoles:

• Jesse: Amos on the right, another on the left
• David: Osee ("Osias") on the left, Isaiah on the right
• Jeroboam ("Roboam"): Ezechiel left and Micah ("Micheas") right
• Josaphat: Nahum left and Zephaniah ("Sepanies") right
• Hezekiah ("Ezechias"): Jeremiah left and Habakkuk ("Abacuc") right
• Josiah: Daniel left and Haggai ("Aggeus") right

I have not been able to read the banderoles identifying the prophets flanking the Virgin Mary. Nor do I have a date, though the window is clearly medieval.

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Photographed at the cathedral by Richard Stracke, shared under Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike license.