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Christ appears with crossletted nimbus. 19, B. "The habitations of the shepherds shall mourn" (i. 2). Amos with the shepherd's hooked or knotted staff, and wicker-worked bottle, before his tent. (Architecture in right-hand foil restored.) _Inside Porch._ 19, C. The Lord with the mason's line (vii. 8). Christ, again here, and henceforward always, with crosslet nimbus, has a large trowel in His hand, which He lays on the top of a half-built wall. There seems a line twisted round the handle. 19, D. The place where it rained not (iv. 7). Amos is gathering the leaves of the fruitless vine, to feed the sheep, who find no grass. One of the finest of the reliefs. 20. OBADIAH. _Inside Porch._ 20, A. "I hid them in a cave" (1 Kings xviii. 13). Three prophets at the mouth of a well, to whom Obadiah brings loaves. 20, B. "He fell on his face" (xviii. 7). He kneels before Elijah, who wears his rough mantle. _To the front._ 20, C. The captain of fifty. Elijah (?) speaking to an armed man under a tree. 20, D. The Messenger. A messenger on his knees before a king. I cannot interpret these two scenes (20, C and 20, D). The uppermost _may_ mean the dialogue of Elijah with the captains (2 Kings i. 2), and the lower one, the return of the messengers (2 Kings i. 5). 21. JONAH. 21, A. Escaped from the sea. 21, B. Under the gourd. A small grasshopper-like beast gnawing the gourd stem. I should like to know what insects _do_ attack the Amiens gourds. This may be an entomological study, for aught we know. 22. MICAH. _To the front._ 22, A. The Tower of the Flock (iv. 8). The tower is wrapped in clouds, God appearing above it. 22, B. Each shall rest and "none shall make them afraid" (iv. 4). A man and his wife "under his vine and fig-tree." _Inside Porch._ 22, C. "Swords into ploughshares" (iv. 3). Nevertheless, two hundred years after these medallions were cut, the sword manufacture had become a staple in Amiens! Not to her advantage. 22, D. "Spears into pruning-hooks" (iv. 3). 23. NAHUM. _Inside Porch._ 23, A. "None shall look back" (ii. 8). 23, B. The Burden of Nineveh (i. I).[65]
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