Photographed at the Metropolitan by Richard Stracke Roundel 1 from Six Scenes from a Tree of Jesse Window

1290-1300
Pot-metal glass, vitreous paint
Swabia
Metropolitan Museum of Art, 22.25a-f
Purchase: Frederick C. Hewitt Fund, 1922

In this bottom scene, the scroll of the prophet at 11 o’clock reads, “EXGREDIETVR · VIRGA · DE · RADICE · JESSE.”  This is from Isaiah 11:1.

The scroll of the prophet at 1 o’clock reads, “ECCE VIRGO CONIPIET [sic] · PARIET · FILIVM.” The scroll at 7 o’clock reads, “ET VOCABIT NOMEN EIUS” which is continued on the scroll at 5 o’clock by “EMMANUEL."  This is from Isaiah 7:14-15.

Also available: details of the prophets on the left, right, and below.

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Photographed at the Metropolitan by Richard Stracke