The Fish is represented as a long green sea-serpent with a black, cavernous mouth, out of which Jonah is stepping. In the background is a ship, and, beyond, Nineveh. The Sepulchre is in the frequent unscriptural shape of a table monument.
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.
In the next window we find:
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Type Reuben finds Joseph taken away from the pit. |
Type Darius, at the Lions' den, sees Daniel living. |
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Antitype The Marys find Jesus taken away from the Sepulchre. |
Antitype Mary Magdalene, at 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:
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Type Tobias, on his journey, is joined by the angel Raphael, in appearance a wayfaring man. (Tobit, v. 4.) |
Type Habakkuk shares his meal with Daniel at Babylon. (Bel and the Dragon, v. 33.) |
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Antitype The two disciples on their journey are joined by Christ, in appearance a wayfaring man. |
Antitype Christ shares the meal of disciples at Emmaus. |
Observe that the bread in Our Lord's hand appears to be, not broken, but cut clean as with a knife. There was a mediæval 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.