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Historical Archive: Old Testament (Hebrew Bible)
Book of Genesis, chapters 4 (Cain and Abel) through 49 (Judah)
This page follows the order of events given in the Douay Bible.
Gen. 4: offering of Cain, Typological cross, Mosan 1150-1200, MRAH 2293. This work has its own page. The offerings have their own page. |
Gen. 4: murder of Abel, Bernward Doors, bronze, Hildesheim 1007-15. This work has its own page with details. |
Gen. 4: murder of Abel, departure of Cain: Cain and Abel ivory, south Italy c.1084, Louvre OA 4052 |
Gen. 4: murder of Abel (top), God questions Cain (bottom), stained glass windows: Goro di Bartolomeo, Leonardo di Bartolomeo, Bartolommeo d'Andrea Bocchi 1453-54, Pisa cathedral, which has its own pages |
Gen. 4: murder of Abel (top), enameled mold-blown glass, Venice c.1490, KGM 1935,51, which has its own page |
Gen. 4: Lamech kills Cain (top), stained glass windows: Goro di Bartolomeo, Leonardo di Bartolomeo, Bartolommeo d'Andrea Bocchi 1453-54, Pisa cathedral, which has its own pages |
Gen. 6-9 (middle row): God directs Noah to prepare for flood, Flood, new covenant with rainbow: Kloster Wienhausen nuns' choir, painted c.1335, which has its own page |
Gen. 6: Noah's ark, under construction?, Spain, late 11th or 9th/early 10th c., Hermitage Ф-2, which has its own page |
Gen. 6: construction of the Ark (bottom), stained glass windows: Goro di Bartolomeo, Leonardo di Bartolomeo, Bartolommeo d'Andrea Bocchi 1453-54, Pisa cathedral, which has its own pages |
Gen. 7: entering the Ark (top), Flood (bottom), stained glass windows: Goro di Bartolomeo, Leonardo di Bartolomeo, Bartolommeo d'Andrea Bocchi 1453-54, Pisa cathedral, which has its own pages |
Gen. 8: Noah with dove (without olive branch), gold-glass, 4th c., Vat 60674 |
Gen. 8, center left: return of the dove to Noah, Jonah sarcophagus, c.250-early 4th c., marble, Vat 31448, which has its own page |
Gen. 8: return of the dove to Noah, and 3 Hebrews in the Fiery Furnace, sarcophagus lid fragment from Rome, near Saint Sebastian, 1st third of 4th c., Vat 31471 (ex 134). Clouds of smoke modern. For details see Vatican Museums. |
Gen. 8: Noah's Flood and return of the dove, c.1290-95, Baptistery of St. John, Florence. This work has its own pages with details. |
Gen. 10: Eber (bottom right), nave ceiling Tree of Jesse, 1200-50, which has its own page, St. Michael's, Hildesheim, which has its own pages |
Gen. 11: Tower of Babel, Baptistery, cathedral of Padua, 1376 frescoes: Giusto de' Menabuoi. This work has its own pages, with details. |
Gen. 11: Construction and collapse of the Tower of Babel, late 15th c., stained glass windows: Goro di Bartolomeo, Leonardo di Bartolomeo, Bartolommeo d'Andrea Bocchi, Pisa cathedral, which has its own pages |
Gen. 11:26: Nachor (center right), nave ceiling Tree of Jesse, 1200-50, which has its own page, St. Michael's, Hildesheim, which has its own pages |
Gen. 14: Melchizedek, Ravenna, Church of San Vitale, 527-48. This work has its own interior and exterior pages. |
Gen. 14: sacrifices Melchisedek, Abraham, ivory, early 11th c., Louvre OA 11738 |
Gen. 14: Melchizedek (center right), nave ceiling Tree of Jesse, 1200-50, which has its own page w. 1959/60 version, St. Michael's, Hildesheim, which has its own pages |
Gen. 14: Melchizedek, Chartres cathedral, north transept windows 1234-35. For more views see Chartres. |
Gen. 18: Abraham and the Heavenly Visitors, Ravenna, Church of San Vitale, 527-48. This work has its own interior and exterior pages. |
Gen. 18: Abraham and the Heavenly Visitors, Baptistery, cathedral of Padua, 1376 frescoes: Giusto de' Menabuoi. This work has its own pages, with details. |
Gen. 18: Abraham and the Heavenly Visitors (top), stained glass windows: Goro di Bartolomeo, Leonardo di Bartolomeo, Bartolommeo d'Andrea Bocchi 1453-54, Pisa cathedral, which has its own pages |
Gen. 18: Heavenly Visitors (Old Testament Trinity, left): Cross fr. Red Field Monastery, wood, c.1500-50, which has its own page |
Gen. 19: destruction of Sodom pavement tile, limestone/lead, 14th c., fr. St. Nicaise, Reims MSR 978.28594. For detail see Reims. |
Gen. 21: Abraham as father of Isaac (top right), nave ceiling Tree of Jesse, 1200-50, which has its own page, St. Michael's, Hildesheim, which has its own pages |
Gen. 21:20: archer, prob. Ishmael son of Abraham, aiming at bird eating cherry. Pendant reliquary cross, walrus ivory with silver, England prob. mid-11th c., V&A A.6-1966. This work has its own page. |
Gen. 22: Abraham and Isaac, limestone relief, 6th to 7th c., Pushkin. Genesis 22 has its own page. |
Gen. 25: Jacob (bottom right), nave ceiling Tree of Jesse, 1200-50, which has its own page, St. Michael's, Hildesheim, which has its own pages |
Gen. 25: Jacob receives food, Esau sells birthright; Esau requests blessing, Jacob awaits blessing: stained glass windows: Goro di Bartolomeo, Leonardo di Bartolomeo, Bartolommeo d'Andrea Bocchi, late 15th c., Pisa cathedral, which has its own pages |
Gen. 28: Jacob's Ladder (center), Kloster Wienhausen nuns' choir, painted c.1335, which has its own page |
Gen. 28-37: story of Jacob, Baptistery, cathedral of Padua, 1376 frescoes: Giusto de' Menabuoi. This work has its own pages, with many details. |
Gen. 29-35: 12 sons Jacob/tribes Israel (left), ivory mid 12th c., left Cluny Cl. 23892, right loan fr. SMB Byz, which have their own page |
Gen. 37-46: story of Joseph, which has its own page |
Gen. 49: poss. Judah with lions and cub: Nicola Pisano pulpit 1260, Pisa baptistery, which has its own page, in cathedral complex |