Tree of Jesse - Gallery

Gallery

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  • The beginning of the Gospel of Matthew from the Fécamp Bible shows the initial letter decorated with a Jesse Tree

  • Unknown miniaturist, English (active 1140s), Lambeth Palace

  • Scherenberg Psalter, c.1260. Mary and Child, David and Solomon above, Isaiah and Jeremiah below. Note the doves in the medallions.

  • Wall painting c. 1380-90 from Toruń in Poland. Unusually, a Crucifixion occupies the middle of the Tree, with Christ in Glory above.

  • The bottom of a large stone relief from Worms Cathedral, end of the 15th century, previously in the demolished cloister.

  • 16th (?) century painting from the Cathedral at Limburg

  • Michael Willmann 1678

  • Basilique Saint-Quentin, France

  • Rose window from the Basilica of St Denis, Paris, showing Jesse at the centre. This is not the earliest St Denis Jesse window, which is vertical like Chartres.

  • Chester Cathedral

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