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

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Plan of the West Porches

APPENDICES.

I. Chronological List of the Principal Events Referred to in the 'Bible of Amiens.'

II. References Explanatory of the Photographs illustrating Chapter IV.

III. General Plan of 'Our Fathers have told us.'

The quatrefoils on the foundation of the west front of Amiens Cathedral, described in the course of the fourth chapter, had never been engraved or photographed in any form accessible to the public until last year, when I commissioned M. Kaltenbacher (6, Passage du Commerce), who had photographed them for M. Viollet le Duc, to obtain negatives of the entire series, with the central pedestal of the Christ.

The proofs are entirely satisfactory to me, and extremely honourable to M. Kaltenbacher's skill: and it is impossible to obtain any more instructive and interesting, in exposition of the manner of central thirteenth-century sculpture.

I directed their setting so that the entire succession of the quatrefoils might be included in eighteen plates; the front and two sides of the pedestal raise their number to twenty-one: the whole, unmounted, sold by my agent Mr. Ward (the negatives being my own property) for four guineas; or separately, each five shillings.

Besides these of my own, I have chosen four general views of the cathedral from M. Kaltenbacher's formerly-taken negatives, which, together with the first-named series, (twenty-five altogether,) will form a complete body of illustrations for the fourth chapter of the 'Bible of Amiens'; costing in all five guineas, forwarded free by post from Mr. Ward's (2, Church Terrace, Richmond, Surrey). In addition to these, Mr. Ward will supply the photograph of the four scenes from the life of [Pg 145] St. Firmin, mentioned on page 5 of Chapter I.; price five shillings.

For those who do not care to purchase the whole series, I have marked with an asterisk the plates which are especially desirable.

The two following lists will enable readers who possess the plates to refer without difficulty both from the photographs to the text, and from the text to the photographs, which will be found to fall into the following groups:—

Photographs.

1-3.	The Central Pedestal.	David.
4-7.	The Central Porch.	Virtues and Vices.
8-9.	The Central Porch.	The Major Prophets, with Micah and Nahum.
10-13.	The Façade.	The Minor Prophets.
14-17.	The Northern Porch.	The Months and Zodiacal Signs, with Zephaniah and Haggai.
18-21.	The Southern Porch.	Scriptural History, with Obadiah and Amos.
22-25.	Miscellaneous.

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Part I.

List of Photographs with reference to the Quatrefoils, etc.

Photographs.

1-3.		Central Pedestal. See pp. 109-110, §§ 32-33.
	*1.	Front	David. Lion and Dragon. Vine.
	*2.	North Side	Lily and Cockatrice
	*3.	South Side	Rose and Adder.

4-7.		Central Porch.
		Virtues and Vices (pp. 111, 117, §§ 39 & 41).

	4.	1A.	Courage.	2A.	Patience.	3A.	Gentilesse.
		1B.	Cowardice.	2B.	Anger.	3B.	Churlishness.

	5.	4A.	Love.	5A.	Obedience.	6A.	Perseverence.
		4B.	Discord.	5B.	Rebellion.	6B.	Atheism.

	6.	9A.	Charity.	8A.	Hope.	7A.	Faith.
		9B.	Avarice.	8B.	Despair.	7A.	Idolatry.

	7.	12A.	Humility.	11A.	Wisdom.	10A.	Charity.
		12B.	Pride.	11B.	Folly.	10A.	Lust.

8-9.		Central Porch.
		The Major Prophets (pp. 114, 121, §§ 39, 42),
		with Micah and Nahum (pp. 115, 127, §§ 40, 43).

	*8.		Isaiah.		Jeremiah.		Micah.
			13A.		14A.		22C.
			13B.		14B.		22D.

	9.		Nahum.		Daniel.		Ezekiel.
			23A.		16A.		15A.
			23B.		16B.		15B.

10-13.		The Façade.
		The Minor Prophets (pp. 114, 127, §§ 40, 43).

	*10.		Amos.		Joel.		Hosea.
			19A.		18A.		17A.
			19B.		18B.		17B.

	*11.		Micah.		Jonah.		Obadiah.
			22A.		21A.		20C.
			22B.		21B.		20D.
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	*12.		Zephaniah.		Habakkuk.		Nahum.
			25A.		24A.		23C.
			25B.		24B.		23D.

	13.		Malachi.		Zechariah.		Haggai.
			28A.		27A.		26C.
			28B.		27B.		26D.

14-17.		The Northern Porch.
		The Months and Zodiacal Signs (pp. 129-131, § 47),
		with Zephaniah and Haggai (pp. 115, 126, §§ 40, 43).

			41.		42.		43.	44.
	14.		Capricorn.		Aquarius.		Pisces.	Aries.
			December.		January.		February.	March.

			45.				46.	25C.
	15.		Taurus.				Gemini.	Zephaniah.
			April.				May.	25D.

			26A.				52.	51.
	16.		Haggai.				Cancer.	Leo.
			26B.				June.	July.

			50.		49.		48.	47.
	17.		Virgo.		Libra.		Scorpio.	Sagittarius.
			August.		September.		October.	November.

18-21.		The Southern Porch.
		Scriptural History (pp. 132, 134, § 51),
		with Obadiah and Amos (pp. 115, 127, §§ 40, 42, 43).

	*18.	29A.	Daniel and the stone.	30A.	Gideon and the fleece.
		29B.	Moses and the burning Bush.	30B.	Moses and Aaron.
		31A.	The message to Zacharias.	32A.	The silence of Zacharias.
		31B.	Dream of Joseph.	32B.	"His name is John".


	19.	33A.	The flight into Egypt.	34A.	The Fall of the Idols.	19C.	Amos.
		33B.	Christ and the Doctors.	34B.	Return to Nazareth.	19D.	Amos.

	20.	20A.	Obadiah.	40A.	Solomon and the	39A.	Solomon enthroned.
					Queen of Sheba.
					The Grace Cup.
[Pg 148]		20B.	Obadiah.	40B.	Solomon teaching	39B.	Solomon in prayer.
					Queen of Sheba.
					"God is above."


21.	38A.	Holy Innocents.	37A.	Herod and the Kings.
	38B.	Herod orders the Kings'	37B.	The burning of the ship.
		ship to be burnt.
	36A.	Adoration in Bethlehem(?)	35A.	The Star in the East.
	36B.	The voyage of the Kings.	35B.	The Kings warned in
				a dream.

22-25.		Miscellaneous.
	*22.	The Western Porches.
	*23.	The Porch of St. Honoré.
	24.	The South Transept and Flèche.
	25.	General View of the Cathedral from the other bank of the Somme.

Part II.—List of Quatrefoils With reference to the Photographs.

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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A.D.		PAGE
250.	Rise of the Franks	33
301	St. Firmin comes to Amiens	5
332	St. Martin	15
345	St. Jerome born	75
350	First church at Amiens, over St. Firmin's grave	99
358	Franks defeated by Julian near Strasburg	44
405	St. Jerome's Bible	50
420	St. Jerome dies	78 seq
421	St. Genevieve born. Venice founded	27
445	Franks cross the Rhine and take Amiens	7
447	Merovée king at Amiens	7,8
451	Battle of Chalons. Attila defeated by Aëtius	7
457	Merovée dies. Childeric king at Amiens	8
466	Clovis born	7
476	Roman Empire in Italy ended by Odoacer	8
481	Roman Empire ended in France	9
	Clovis crowned at Amiens	8,27
	St. Benedict born	27
485	Battle of Soissons. Clovis defeats Syagrius	8,52
486	Syagrius dies at the court of Alaric	52
489	Battle of Verona. Theodoric defeats Odoacer	54
493	Clovis marries Clotilde	9
496	Battle of Tolbiac. Clovis defeats the Alemanni	53
	Clovis crowned at Rheims by St. Rémy	9
	Clovis baptized by St. Rémy	13
508	Battle of Poitiers. Clovis defeats the Visigoths under Alaric	9
	Death of Alaric

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APPENDICES.

APPENDIX I.

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CHRONOLOGICAL LIST OF THE PRINCIPAL EVENTS REFERRED TO IN THE 'BIBLE OF AMIENS.'

APPENDIX II.

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REFERENCES EXPLANATORY OF THE PHOTOGRAPHS ILLUSTRATING CHAPTER IV.

Part I.

List of Photographs with reference to the Quatrefoils, etc.

Part II.—List of Quatrefoils With reference to the Photographs.

APPENDIX III.

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GENERAL PLAN OF 'OUR FATHERS HAVE TOLD US.'