The prophet isaiah. 1530. This window comes from a series of seven windows made for the choir of the benedictine priory church of saint-firmin in flavigny-sur-moselle in the lorraine region of france. Bousch was occupied by the flavigny-sur-moselle project in the early 1530s. Three of the extant monumental windows from the series each bear a date (1531, 1532 and 1533). Together, the windows presented a biblical narrative reflecting the story of humanity, starting with the creation and fall of man (now in a private collection, langley, british columbia), then consecutively depicting the deluge (mma 17. 40. 2a-r), moses presenting the tablets of law (mma 17. 40. 1a-r), the nativity or annunciation at the east end (lost), the crucifixion (saint joseph's church, stockbridge, mass. ), the resurrection or the supper at emmaus (lost) and, finally, the last judgement (lost). This medallion, together with the medallion of moses (mma 17. 40. 4) and the two medallions with the craincourt and savigny arms (mma 17. 40. 5,6), was originally part of the window from the set depicting the creation and fall of man (now in a private collection, langley, british columbia), inscribed with the date 1533; a drawing in nancy, bibliothèque municipale (fonds abel, carton 152), records the complete window intact in the priory church of saint-firmin before it was sold.
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