This stained-glass panel depicting an unidentified king originated from a Tree of Jesse window in th
This stained-glass panel depicting an unidentified king originated from a Tree of Jesse window in the Cathedral of Saint-Gervais-et-Saint-Protais, Soissons, France. According to Christian tradition, a verse in the Book of Isaiah (11:1) refers the ancestry of Jesus Christ: “There shall come forth a Rod from the stem of Jesse, and a Branch shall grow out of his roots.” In art, the Tree of Jesse depicts individuals listed in the lineage of Christ as listed in the Gospels of Matthew and Luke. The window was donated to the cathedral of Soissons by Philip Augustus (1165-1223), King of France. -- source link
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