Our Fathers Have Told Us / Part I. The Bible of Amiens

by John Ruskin

Black					Page and	No.
letter					Section	of
No.in					where	Photo-
text.	Name of Statue.			Subject of Quatrefoil.	described.	graph
	The Apostles			Virtues and Vices
1.	St. Peter.		{A.	Courage	[p.114,§39; ]p.117,§41	}
			{B.	Cowardice	p.114,§39;[p.117,§41]	}
						}
2.	St. Andrew.		{A.	Patience	p.114,§39;[p.118,§41]	} 4
			{B.	Anger	p.114,§39; p.118,§41	}
						}
3.	St. James.		{A.	Gentillesse	p.114,§39; p.118,§41	}
			{B.	Churlishness	p.114,§39; p.118,§41	}
4.	St. John.		{A.	Love	p.114,§39; p.118,§41	}
			{B.	Discord	p.114,§39; p.117,§41	}
						}
5.	St. Matthew.		{A.	Obedience	p.114,§39; p.118,§41	} 5
			{B.	Rebellion	[p.119,§41; ]	}
						}
6.	St. Simon.		{A.	Perseverence	p.119,§41;	}
			{B.	Atheism	p.114,§39; p.119,§41	}
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7.	St. Paul.		{A.	Faith	[p.115,§39;] p.119,§41	}
			{B.	Idolatry	p.115,§39; p.119,§41	}
						}
8.	St. James		{A.	Hope	p.115,§39; p.119,§41	} 6
	the Bishop		{B.	Despair	p.115,§39; p.119,§41	}
						}
9.	St. Philip.		{A.	Charity	p.115,§39; p.119,§41	}
			{B.	Avarice	p.115,§39; p.120,§41	}
10.	St. Barth.		{A.	Chastity	p.115,§39; p.120,§41	}
	-olomew		{B.	Love	p.115,§39; p.120,§41	}
						}
11.	St. Thomas.		{A.	Wisdom	p.115,§39; p.120,§41	} 7
			{B.	Folly	p.115,§39;[p.120,§41]	}
						}
12.	St. Jude.		{A.	Humility	p.115,§39; p.121,§41	}
			{B.	Pride	p.114,§39; p.119,§41	}
	The Major Prophets
13.	Isaiah.		{A.	The Lord enthroned	p.115,§39	}
			{B.	Lo! this hath	[p.121,§42]	}
			{	touched thy lips		}
						}
14.	Jeremiah.		{A.	The burial of	p.115,§39	} 8
			{	the girdle		}
			{B.	The breaking of	[p.122,§42]	}
			{	the yoke		}
15.	Ezekiel.		{A.	Wheel within wheel	p.115,§39; p.122,§42	}
			{B.	Set thy face towards	p.115,§39; p.122,§42	}
			{	Jerusalem		}
						} 9
16.	Daniel.		{A.	He hath shut the	p.115,§39; p.122,§42	}
			{	lions' mouths		}
			{B.	Fingers of a	p.115,§39; p.122,§42	}
			{	man's hand		}
	The Minor Prophets
17.	Hosea.		{A.	So I brought her	[p.116,§40;] p.122,§43	}
			{	to me		}
			{B.	So will I also be	p.116,§40;[p.123,§43]	}
			{	for thee		}
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18.	Joel.		{A.	The sun and	p.116,§40; p.123,§43	} 10
			{	moon lightless		}
			{B.	The fig-tree and	p.116,§40; p.123,§43	}
			{	vine leafless		}
						}
19.	Amos.	{	{A.	The Lord will cry	p.116,§40; p.123,§43	}
		{Façade	{	from Zion		}
		{	{B.	The habitations of	p.116,§40; p.123,§43	}
		{	{	the shepherds		}
		{
		{	{C.	The Lord with the	p.116,§40	}
		{Porch	{	mason's line		}
		{	{D.	The place where it	p.123,§43	} 19
		{	{	rained not		}
20.	Obadiah.	{Porch	{A.	I hid them in a cave	p.123,§43	}
		{	{B.	He fell on his face	[p.124,§43]	} 20
		{	{C.	The captain of fifty	p.123,§43	}
		{Façade	{D.	The messenger	p.123,§43	}
						}
21.	Jonah.		{A.	Escaped from	p.124,§43	}
			{	the sea		}
			{B.	Under the gourd	p.116,§40; p.123,§43	} 11
						}
22.	Micah.	{	{A.	The tower of the	[p.116,§40;] p.123,§43	}
		{Façade	{	Flock		}
		{	{B.	Each shall rest	p.116,§40; p.123,§43	}
		{	{C.	Swords into	p.116,§40	}
		{Porch	{	ploughshares		} 8
		{	{D.	Spears into	p.124,§43	}
		{	{	pruning-hooks		}
23.	Nahum.	{	{A.	None shall look	[p.125,§43]	}
		{Porch	{	back		}
		{	{B.	The burden of	p.125,§43	} 9
		{	{	Ninevah		}
		{	{C.	Thy Princes and	p.116,§40; p.125,§43	}
		{Façade	{	great ones		}
		{	{D.	Untimely figs	p.116,§40; p.125,§43	}
						}
24.	Habakkuk.		{A.	I will watch	p.116,§40; p.125,§43	}
			{B.	The ministry to	p.116,§40; p.125,§43	} 12
			{	Daniel		}
						}
25.	Zephaniah.	{	{A.	The Lord strikes	p.117,§40; p.126,§43	}
		{Façade	{	Ethiopia		}
		{	{B.	The beasts in	p.117,§40; p.126,§43	}
		{	{	Ninevah		}
		{	{C.	The Lord visits	p.117,§40; p.126,§43	}
		{	{	Jerusalem		} 15
		{Porch	{D.	The Hedgehog and	p.117,§40; p.126,§43	}
		{	{	the Bittern		}
26.	Haggai.	{	{A.	The houses of	p.117,§40	}
		{	{	the princes		}
		{Porch	{B.	The Heaven stayed	p.126,§43	} 16
		{	{	from dew		}
		{	{C.	The Temple	p.126,§43	}
		{Façade	{	desolate		} 13
		{	{D.	Thus saith the Lord	[p.127,§43]	}
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27.	Zechariah.		{A.	The lifting up	p.127,§43	}
			{	of Iniquity		}
			{B.	The angel that	p.127,§43	}
			{	spake to me		}
						} 16
28.	Malachi.		{A.	Ye have wounded	p.117,§40; p.127,§43	}
			{	the Lord		}
			{B.	This commandment	p.117,§40; p.127,§43	}
			{	is to you		}
	Southern Porch —to the Virgin.
29.	Zechariah.		{A.	Daniel and the	[p.133,§51]	}
			{	stone cut		}
			{	without hands		}
			{B.	Moses and the	p.133,§51	}
			{	burning bush		}
						}
30.	Virgin		{A.	Gideon and the	p.133,§51	}
	Annunciate		{	fleece		}
			{B.	Moses and the law	p.133,§51	} 13
			{	Aaron and his rod		}
						}
31.	Virgin		{A.	The message to	p.133,§51	}
	Visitant		{	Zacharias		}
			{B.	The dream of	p.133,§51	}
			{	Joseph		}
						}
32.	St. Eliza		{A.	The silence of	p.133,§51	}
	-beth		{	Zacharias		}
			{B.	"His name is John"	p.133,§51	}
33.	Virgin in Pres		{A.	Flight into Egypt	p.133,§51	}
	-entation		{B.	Christ with the	p.133,§51	}
			{	Doctors		}
						} 19
34.	St. Simeon		{A.	Fall of idols in Egypt	p.133,§51	}
			{B.	The return to	p.133,§51	}
			{	Nazareth		}
35.	The First		{A.	The Star in the East	[p.134,§51]	}
	King		{B.	"Warned in a	p.134,§51	}
			{	dream"		}
						}
36.	The Second		{A.	Adoration in	p.134,§51	}
	King		{	Bethlehem(?)		}
			{B.	The voyage of	p.134,§51	}
			{	the Kings		}
						}
37.	The Third		{A.	Herod inquires of	p.134,§51	}
	King		{	the Kings		}
			{B.	The burning of	p.134,§51	}
			{	the ship		} 21
						}
38.	Herod		{A.	Massacre of the	p.134,§51	}
			{	Innocents		}
			{B.	Herod orders	p.134,§51	}
			{	the ship		}
			{	to be burnt		}
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39.	Solomon		{A.	Solomon enthroned	p.133,§51	}
			{B.	Solomon in prayer	p.133,§51	}
						} 20
40.	Queen of		{A.	The Grace cup	p.133,§51	}
	Sheba		{B.	"God is above"	p.133,§51	}
	Northern Porch— to St. Firmin (p.127,§44).
41.	St. Firmin		{A.	Capricorn	[p.130,§47]	}
	Confessor		{B.	December	p.130,§47	}
						}
42.	St. Domice		{A.	Aquarius	p.130,§47	}
			{B.	January	p.130,§47	} 14
						}
43.	St. Honoré		{A.	Pisces	p.130,§47	}
			{B.	February	p.130,§47	}
						}
44.	St. Salve		{A.	Aries	p.130,§47	}
			{B.	March	p.130,§47	}
45.	St. Quentin		{A.	Taurus	p.130,§47	}
			{B.	April	p.130,§47	}
						} 15
46.	St. Gentian		{A.	Gemini	p.130,§47	}
			{B.	May	p.130,§47	}
47.	St. Geoffroy		{A.	Sagittarius	[p.131,§47]	}
			{B.	November	p.131,§47	}
						}
48.	An Angel		{A.	Scorpio	p.131,§47	}
			{B.	October	p.131,§47	}
						}
49.	St. Fuscien		{A.	Libra	p.131,§47	}
	Martyr		{B.	September	p.131,§47	} 17
						}
50.	St. Victoric		{A.	Virgo	p.131,§47	}
	Martyr		{B.	August	p.131,§47	}
51.	An Angel		{A.	Leo	p.130,§47	}
			{B.	July	p.130,§47	}
						} 16
52.	St. Ulpha		{A.	Cancer	p.130,§47	}
			{B.	June	p.130,§47	}

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APPENDIX III.

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GENERAL PLAN OF 'OUR FATHERS HAVE TOLD US.'

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